Featuring over fifty crags and sixty-nine routes in England, Scotland and Wales, it epitomises all that is great about\u00a0traditional climbing\u00a0in Great Britain.<\/p>\n
In this new edition, editor\u00a0Ian Parnell\u00a0has ensured\u00a0Hard Rock<\/em>\u00a0continues to honour Ken\u2019s original concept, in particular keeping the route, not the climber, centre stage. While the activity of climbing has undergone myriad changes since 1974 \u2013 sticky rubber, camming devices, and the rise of sport climbing and indoor climbing walls \u2013 many climbers are still drawn to the drama and challenge of traditionally protected climbing. And this is why\u00a0Hard Rock<\/em>\u00a0is still as relevant now as it was in 1974.<\/p>\n Stretching across the\u00a0Scottish Highlands and Islands, the\u00a0Lake District, the\u00a0Pennines\u00a0and the\u00a0Peak District,\u00a0North and South Wales\u00a0and down to\u00a0South-West England, the routes tackle big mountain walls, gritstone outcrops and epic sea cliff adventures. Focusing on the trad connoisseur\u2019s grade range of VS to E2, with additional routes at E3 and E4, the featured climbs are within reach of a majority of climbers. Timeless classics include\u00a0The Bat<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0Ben Nevis, the\u00a0Old Man of Hoy, the\u00a0Central Buttress<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0Scafell,\u00a0Cenotaph Corner<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0Dinas Cromlech\u00a0in the\u00a0Llanberis Pass,\u00a0Vector<\/em>\u00a0at\u00a0Tremadog,\u00a0Right Unconquerable<\/em>\u00a0at\u00a0Stanage Edge\u00a0and\u00a0Suicide Wall<\/em>\u00a0at\u00a0Bosigran\u00a0on the Cornish coast.<\/p>\n Alongside many of the original essays, written by a formidable cast of climbers including\u00a0Pete Crew,\u00a0Ed Drummond,\u00a0Royal Robbins,\u00a0Chris Bonington,\u00a0Hamish MacInnes\u00a0and\u00a0Al Alvarez, this new edition features thirteen new routes and pieces by\u00a0Eleanor Fuller,\u00a0Stephen Reid,\u00a0Kevin Howett,\u00a0David Pickford,\u00a0Paul Harrison,\u00a0John Lawrence Holden,\u00a0Martin Moran,\u00a0Paul Donnithorne\u00a0and\u00a0Emma Alsford. It is illustrated with all-new colour photography throughout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Featuring over fifty crags and sixty-nine routes in England, Scotland and Wales, it epitomises all that is great about\u00a0traditional climbing\u00a0in Great Britain.","protected":false},"featured_media":4495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"wds_primary_brand":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[93],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-850","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-guide-book","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depotclimbing.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}