Guides and Manuals for the Outdoors
This selection covers a range of guides and manuals to help you gain a greater skill level in outdoor activities. Techniques range from learning how to take the best outdoor photographs, how to develop early map reading skills through to using GPS, and how to take your hillwalking skills through to mountaineering. Also Included are specialist books covering rope work, first aid and rescue, and ice-climbing techniques.
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The Book of the Bivvy
A half-and-half mix of how to do it and why to do it (or how not to do it and why not to do it). Accounts of bivvybag nights and expeditions, both nice and nasty, alternate with practical chapters on lightweight kit. Finally a selection of bivvybag expeditions. Hilarious (and informative) reading! An updated second edition. More >>
£9.99
Rock Climbing
Covering all the basic skills and equipment, this guide is invaluable not only for beginners but also for climbers wanting to increase their technical knowledge on single- and multi-pitch routes. Written by one of the UK’s top mountain instructors.
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£12.95
Sport Climbing
Aimed at beginners and experienced sport climbers. It covers all the technical skills needed to climb bolted sport routes worldwide, from short single-pitch entry-grade routes, through harder modern test-pieces to classic multi-pitch crag and mountain routes.
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£12.95
Mountain Weather
A guide to help walkers and climbers understand weather in the UK mountains. Helps you to develop the skills to interpret forecasts, understand weather maps, and read the weather so you can make important decisions about acitvities in the hills. Illustrated with weather maps and satellite imagery. More >>
£12.00
Map and Compass
The art of navigation from first stages to GPS. For everyone from the complete novice to the experienced hillwalker. Explanations on the different type of tools available to help in finding your way. Fully illustrated with the author’s own photographs and OS and other mapping. Appendices outlining further practice techniques and useful sources of information. More >>
£12.00
The Hillwalker’s Guide to Mountaineering
The Hillwalker's Guide to Mountaineering features the techniques, gear and approaches that the active and ambitious hillwalker needs to be equipped with to competently tackle Britain’s classic mountaineering challenges. Covers the use of the rope to abseil, belay and protect ascents and descents, placement of protection, gear selection, navigation, survival, scrambling and first aid skills. More >>
£14.00
Outdoor Photography
This book is for outdoor enthusiasts who want their photographs to do full justice to the quality of their outdoor experience. Throughout the book the emphasis is on practical advice – essential technical concepts are introduced and explained, and there are chapters on landscape, action, wildlife and close-up photography. More >>
£12.00
The Hillwalker's Manual
A comprehensive and practical manual for the walker, covering equipment, safety, navigation, survival and photography. Contains information on organisations, the hill environment, weather and nature in the hills. The main emphasis is to equip the hillwalker with the practical skills needed to plan and execute a great day in the hills. More >>
£12.00
Beyond Adventure
This book looks beyond the excitement of adventure and, through the author's own inner journey, investigates the relationship of man and nature. It draws lessons for the modern world, and will appeal to all who love the outdoors and believe there is a unique wisdom to be found in the wild. More >>
£10.00
Snow and Ice Techniques
Essential reading for all ice climbers. Sections cover: The Ice Axe, Crampons, Using the Axe, Step Kicking and Cutting, Self Arrest Techniques, Snow Anchors and Belaying. More >>
£7.99
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