He has since climbed extensively across the UK and further afield, with first ascents in regions as diverse as Morocco, Jordan, the Alps, Norway, Peru and Kyrgyzstan, but his first love is exploratory winter climbing in Scotland. He has an enduring passion for writing and storytelling in mountaineering, with a number of essays published previously in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, the American Alpine Journal, and UK-based climbing magazines. Guy works as an environmental consultant and lives in Aberdeen with his partner Susan and their two children, Finn and Jess.
Adrian Crofton
knew that climbing had to be the sport for him when he was told that ‘climbing instructors’ were excused attendance at his school’s Army Cadet Corps.
In spite of a physique better suited to a middleweight boxer or navvy he has since managed a few respectable climbs and has enjoyed over 25 years exploring the Highlands and Islands, putting up the occasional first ascent in the process. Although he has climbed extensively elsewhere in the UK and Europe, he is still happiest roaming in the hills in his own backyard – on foot, or ski, or bike, or even swimming in the high lochains and kayaking in the rivers. Adrian works as a general practitioner and paediatrician and lives in Aberdeen with his wife Rachelle and their two children, Eilidh and Alasdair.
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Great Mountain Crags Scotland of
With contributions from: Malcolm Bass, Nick Bullock, Rick Campbell, Adrian Crofton, Jason Currie, Brian Davison, Grant Farquhar, Blair Fyffe, Kevin Howett, Mike Lates, Julian Lines, Dave MacLeod, Gareth Marshall, Mark McGowan, Keith Milne, Martin Moran, Andy Nisbet, Simon Richardson, Guy Robertson, Viv Scott, Tony Stone, Ian Taylor, Es Tresidder, Graham Tyldesley, John Watson and Roger Webb. With original poetry by Stuart B. Campbell, and a foreword by Andy Cave.
the Great Mountain Crags of Scotland
Guy Robertson was introduced to the Scottish mountains as a young boy and began roped climbing at the age of 19 with a series of highly chaotic, uninformed and highly memorable forays into the Cairngorms in winter.
The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is a celebration of Scotland’s mountains and Scottish rock and winter climbing, compiled by Guy Robertson and Adrian Crofton. Featuring contributions from many of Scottish climbing’s great writers and climbers, and beautifully illustrated with breathtaking photography, it delves deep into the heart of some of the oldest mountains on Earth.
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A Celebration of Scottish Mountaineering Compiled by Guy Robertson & Adrian Crofton
This is a book for anyone with an interest in Scotland’s wild places, where the mountains and cliffs, rather than the climbs, take centre stage, transporting the reader far from towns and cities, and deep into the wilderness. The crags are the tallest, steepest and most majestic anywhere in the British Isles. They are all situated in a high mountain environment, and always a good hike from the nearest road. A visit to any of these great crags is therefore a worthy end in itself. For those wishing to venture onto the crags, all the climbs described are highly adventurous, relying solely upon leader-placed protection. Many of the crags and climbs are described and illustrated here in detail for the very first time. Among these pages are accounts of some of Scottish mountaineering’s greatest triumphs, but also accounts of necessary failures – chasing elusive conditions, knowing when to go down, when to return. The authors relate their personal experiences of these cliffs, and contained here are real treasures: schoolboy Dave MacLeod soloing on The Cobbler in winter after catching the train from Dumbarton, Mark McGowan’s gripping account of soloing Shibboleth on the Slime Wall of Buachaille Etive Mòr, Grant Farquhar’s recollections of a cherished first ascent on the Great Prow of Skye’s Blà Bheinn and Brian Davison’s 15-year waiting game for the first winter ascent of Mort on the ToughBrown Face of Lochnagar. Split into four sections this book features unique contributions from, amongst others, Nick Bullock, Rick Campbell, Jason Currie, Brian Davison, Kevin Howett, Julian Lines, Martin Moran, Andy Nisbet and Simon Richardson. Each section is accompanied by an original poem by Stuart B. Campbell, and renowned author and mountaineer Andy Cave has contributed the foreword.
ISBN 9781906148898
Front cover Dave MacLeod climbing Dalriada (E7) on The Cobbler. Photo: Dave Cuthbertson. Back cover Mainreachan Buttress of Fuar Tholl. Photo: Colin Threlfall.
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Vertebrate Publishing, Sheffield. www.v-publishing.co.uk
£35.00
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