Description
The iconic Llanberis Pass is one of the UK’s best known climbing areas. This is a full colour guide in the usual format of high quality maps, photo-diagrams (65 in total) complemented by clear route descriptions and inspirational action shots. The book lays a strong emphasis on encouraging climbers to visit the lesser known crags. Thirty two of the photodiagrams illustrate crags that have not had diagrams in previous guidebooks, and a light-hearted Alternative Llanberis List is given of recommended climbs off the beaten track. There are eight photo-plans, complemented by both area and detail maps, which show the location and approaches to all the cliffs. Please note that although French grades have been included for some of the harder routes that these are trad routes not sport!
The author, Iwan Jones, has an unsurpassed breadth and depth on knowledge of climbing in the Pass having also been the author of the 2003 edition and joint author of its predecessor in 1993 and has also been involved in over a hundred first ascents in the Pass. Iwan has continued his efforts to make sure that the correct local names are given to all the crags. The resulting changes, as well as the origins of various crag names, are explained in tinted text boxes. One remarkable product of Iwan’s historical research is the discovery that the name Bryant’s Gully has been given to the wrong gully for the last 60 years or so. A two page glossary of climbing terms in Welsh has been given, both to aid climbers whose first language is Welsh and also to promote an appreciation of the Welsh language among English speakers.
In addition to the trad routes this guide contains descriptions of the most popular bouldering areas in the Pass written by local bouldering guru Simon Panton, and illustrated by 14 of his own photo topos and a number of action photos.
Llanberis by Iwan Afron Jones (2009)
Bouldering Simon Panton
Artwork Don Sargeant
416 pages of text, maps and photographs
Free samples of dinas_mot and dinas_y_gromlech (PDFs)
ISBN: 978-0-901601-81-0
