Book SHELF: It's a real cliffhanger; Classic Rock, compiled by Ken Wilson, pounds 32.Byline: BARRY GIBSON IT'S somehow appropriate that a book about rock-climbing shouldweigh asmuch as a small boulder. This 300-page hardback details British cliff faces, mainly focusing on Scotland, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. and the Lake District. But several of the climbs featured are just a short drive from Huddersfield in the Pennines and the Peaks. The book contains detailed instructions on how to climb each cliff face, as well as excellent photographs and sketches of the rocks in question. Obviously Classic Rock will mainly appeal to the dedicated climber climb·er n. 1. One that climbs, especially a person who climbs mountains. 2. Sports A device, such as a crampon, used in mountain climbing. 3. A plant that climbs. 4. . But the opening section of the book, outlining the history of rock climbing Apparently the sport really took off in 1886 when W P Haskett Smith became the first man to climb Napes Needle in the Lake District. He achieved this feat "with no rope or other illegitimate means." BARRY GIBSON |
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