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Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 2008: v. 113
Recording 'mountain adventure' is the primary raison d'etre of the "Alpine Journal" and this 113th volume has it in abundance. A bolt of lightening stuns climbers on a new route in the Cordillera Huayhuash; Kenton Kool and Nick Bullock struggle on the icy north face of Kalanka; Mike Cocker and friends end a spot of exploration in the Cordillera Carabaya besieged in their hotel as troops put down a riot; and in Kygyzstan, Dave Pickford dices with Aku Su granite and aggressive officialdom.Mick Fowler opens a special section on 'Pure Alpinism' with an account of his and Paul Ramsden's first ascent of Manamcho, Tibet, and Russian Valery Babanov contributes a vivid essay describing the stand-out climb of 2007 - his six-day, alpine-style ascent of the west pillar of Jannu.Artist/alpinist Andy Parkin takes pastels and piolet in search of challenges in Nepal. Rowan Huntley's fine work appears throughout this AJ and Julian Cooper tells of the 'painter's khora' that resulted in his acclaimed series of canvases on Mount Kailas.With more illustrations than ever before, this journal also recalls the gatherings and expeditions that marked the AC's 150th anniversary, recalls the extraordinary life of Sir Edmund Hillary, and takes a careful look at the effects on the mountain environment of retreating glaciers and visitor pressures.
£26.00
Ernest Press Hazard's Way
£10.04
Ernest Press East Midlands
Twenty-one routes in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
£8.68
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 2000
£18.50
Ernest Press Mountain Bike Guide to the West Midlands
£8.71
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 1998
The Alpine Journal is the world''s principal mountaineering yearbook and essential reading for all who lo ve the mountains, in particular those who climb in the Alps and Greater Ranges. It includes articles, expedition reports , obituaries, and more '
£18.50
Ernest Press Mountain Holidays
£12.50
Ernest Press Derbyshire and the Peak District: 2009
From the original Mountain Bike Publisher, here comes a third and revised edition of the ever-popular "Mountain Bike Guide to Derbyshire & the Peak District" by local author Tom Windsor. This guide (as all future Ernest Press Guides will) features excellent design work from Graphic Designer Dean Taylor of "The Ride Journal". Dean's brief was to create a modern, easy to use and clean, uncluttered format which updates the Ernest Press guides enjoyed by riders over the past 20 years. With 29 routes covering the Dark and White Peaks, the revised "Derbyshire & the Peak District Guide" retains and updates iconic routes first introduced in 1991. A 'quickie' section has been added, consisting of five shorter routes - for when time is pressing. These complement the additional five full routes in this third and fully revised edition. Clear, attractive and accurate cartography and evocative photography assist the reader on their ride around some of the best UK Mountain Biking. The revised guide provides a wealth of information on bicycle choice and maintenance, the local bridleways, sources of local tourist information and ecological travel, where possible. This is the original mountain bike guide to this area, now in its third and revised edition. It is still the cheapest on the market.
£12.00
Ernest Press North Wales
Ever wondered what treats of off-road riding might lurk in those big blank bits on the map between Llandegla, Penmachno, The Marin Trail and Coed y Brenin? Well, take a trip back to the future with Pete Bursnall's fully updated version of North Wales' first proper mountain bike guidebook. It contains a carefully selected choice of 27 mountain bike routes, all of which cover real mountains, trails and bridleways beyond the bounds of the formal trail centres. The routes range in suitability from those new to the sport, through medium distance & difficulty and on to some real challenging expeditions to test your fitness, skills, navigation and even sense of humour - such as the epic 78km circuit of the Carneddau mountains...not to be undertaken lightly. This is pretty much where it all began, remembered fondly by those of us who explored the un-ridden on the first generation of fully rigid bikes in a time before helmets, decent brakes and smart phones. This edition was almost complete when Pete succumbed to cancer, which he fought furiously to the end. Matt Strickland took over the reigns, as he had been closely involved with the book, indeed featuring on the front cover. The 27 routes are in 7 areas - specifically Carneddau, Clwydian, Berwyn, Mignant & Moelwyn, Moel Siabod, Rhynnogau and Snowdon. The book has Ordnance Survey mapping for each route, and a gradient diagram. Many colour photographs are included.
£13.50
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: v. 114
This is the 114th volume of the world's oldest and most prestigious mountaineering publication - the "Alpine Journal". Features include expedition accounts by UK mountaineers Mick Fowler, Simon Yates, and Andy Parkin. A special section is devoted to all six climbs nominated for the 2009 Piolets d'Or awards, including articles by Ueli Steck on Teng Kangpoche, Patrice Glariron-Rappaz on Nuptse and Japanese climbers, from the Giri-Giri Boys, on Kamet, Kalanka and Denali. The Journeys section includes a record-breaking run down the Everest trail and adventures in Mongolia. There's an account of climbing all the 4000m peaks of the Alps, surveys of the mountains of Sikkim and the Cordillera Huaytapallana in Peru, plus commentary on environmental and wilderness issues, ethics and a disputed first Himalayan ascent. There are some 200 fabulous photographs, mostly in colour, plus evocative watercolours by Simon Pierse of the Alps, Ladakh and Kangchenjunga. As usual, this "AJ" also contains extensive reviews, obituaries, and a country-by-country record of recent significant ascents. Editor of the "AJ" since 2004, Stephen Goodwin is a journalist, climber and guidebook author. He went freelance in 1999 after 13 years as a staff correspondent on "The Independent", mainly covering politics at Westminster. In 1998, he reached the south summit of Everest, filing an award-winning diary to "The Independent". His guidebook, "20 Day Walks in the Lake District", was published this year by Vertebrate Graphics.
£26.00
Ernest Press Mountain Bike Guide: Inverness, the Great Glen and the Cairngorms
30 mountain bike routes of mixed variety from 15km low level for family parties to plus 50km over high ground for the fit. Easy to follow route descriptions plus maps.
£9.05
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 1999
The Alpine Journal is the world''s principal mountaineering yearbook and essential reading for all who love the mountains, in particular those who climb in the Alps and Greater Ranges. It includes articles, expedition reports, obituaries, and more'
£18.50
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 1997
£18.50
Ernest Press Alpine Journal: 1996
£18.50
Ernest Press Moorland Challenge
£6.49
Ernest Press West Yorkshire
£11.45
Ernest Press North York Moors Mountain Bike Guide
Originally published in 1994, this fully revised and updated North York Moors guide book contains 22 classic mountain bike routes in the National Park. From the coastal trails around Robin Hood's Bay to Dalby Forest and the open moorland of Guisborough, the guide introduces a huge variety of wilderness trails. Clear hand-drawn maps; precise, easily-followed directions; inspiring and informative photography make the North York Moors guide a perfect companion, whether planning your ride at home or following routes out on the trail.
£10.50
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 2007: v. 112
This is the mountaineering yearbook, including feature articles, expedition reports, book reviews, obituaries, arts, history and science.Richly illustrated, the "Alpine Journal" is the world's principal mountaineering yearbook and essential reading for all who love the mountains, particularly those who climb and explore in the Greater Ranges and the Alps. This 2007 edition marks the 150th anniversary of the world famous club.One hundred and fifty years ago, the Alpine Club was born. It was the first mountaineering club in the world and as this 112th volume of the "Alpine Journal" amply demonstrates, it is still going strong.AC members have been climbing across the globe - Simon Yates and Andy Parkin in Tierra del Fuego, Phil Wickens leading an AC expedition in the Pamirs, Malcolm Bass rounding off the club's extended courtship of Haizi Shan in Sichuan, Paul Knott, making the first ascent of South Walsh, highest unclimbed peak in North America. All these stories are told, plus among others, Ian Parnell's eight-day ascent of Kedar Dome's east face, and a year in the life of vagabond climber Nick Bullock.The AC's 150th anniversary is also an occasion for some critical reflection. Doug Scott and Ed Douglas weigh in on ethics and money, Peter Gillman looks at scandals that have soured climbing, and award-winning author Robert Macfarlane considers our ambivalent response to 'the wild'.Ken Wilson, controversialist sans pareil, provides a talking point with a table of the stand-out climbs on the highest peaks and as a glorious reminder of 150 years of British mountaineering's finest moments, we feature the words and images of Gordon Stainforth's acclaimed 'The Crux' exhibition.This is a record of notable climbs, region-by-region, over the past year, reviews, paintings and cartoons by Andy Parkin, 150 photographs, nearly all in colour, and maps.
£26.00
Ernest Press Alpine Journal 2003 Volume 108
£18.50
Ernest Press Lake District, the Howgills and the Yorkshire Dales
£9.37
Ernest Press Breaking Loose
£11.04
Ernest Press Mountain Bike Guide Wiltshire
£10.29
Ernest Press Evening Light
This is the fictional story of George Hazard, the first Briton to climb all fourteen of the world's 8000 meter summits, who sacrificed family for his ambitions in mountaineering. When returning from a trekking trip to write his autobiography, he is involved in an accident and, awaking from a coma, he is confronted by his long abandoned daughter. This fraught relationship leads him to being drawn into her in-laws' lives and a succession of personal calamities. Meanwhile, he struggles with his autobiography, discovering his life story is inextricable from that of others. This novel asks those disturbing questions some mountaineers prefer to keep to themselves.
£12.00
Ernest Press An Afterclap of Fate: Mallory on Everest
This work presents the mountaineering literature. The perennial mystery of Mallory and Irvine on Everest receives an intriguing twist in a reconstruction of their fateful climb written virtually in Mallory's own words. Drawn from the climber's letters, writing and Mallory's background as a classicist, this is a near forensic examination of the evidence and points to one firm conclusion. The book is a prose poem full of parody and allusion but enjoyable at any level, in which the author offers his case for Mallory & Irvine having got to the top. There is a second half to the book, almost as interesting and of the same length as the first, in which the evidence for the first ascent is presented informatively and very persuasively. The book is bound to create a stir - its prose poem format, the strong parody element and the firm conclusion about Mallory & Irvine's success will all be controversial. The most detailed and convincingly presented account so far, of what happened on Mallory's last climb on Everest. It is quite unlike any other work of literature. And yes, it does have a surprise ending. It is shortlisted for the 2006 Boardman Tasker Award for mountaineering literature.
£15.00
Ernest Press North
£16.00
Ernest Press A Necklace of Slings
Dave Gregory has been climbing for over forty years and writing short stories for nearly as long. This collection contains both fact and fiction triggered by that experience. The stories cover a broad spread over a wide canvas.
£15.00
Ernest Press Mountain Bike Guide, North Midlands: Manchester, Cheshire and Staffordshire
Part of the Ernest Press series of mountain bike guidebooks with 24 varied routes.
£9.05
£10.06
Ernest Press The Heart of Lakeland
£7.59
Ernest Press Mountain Bike Guide - South Pennines of West Yorkshire and Lancashire
"The South Pennines Mountain Bike Guidebook" introduces you to the wilderness and urban trail networks of Kirklees & Calderdale, Airedale & Wharfedale and Lancashire. New riding centres include: Stainburn, Healey Nab, Gisburn Forest and Lee Quarry that mix freely with classic Pennine riding on London Road, around Rivington Pike and on likely Moor. This guide contains 26 meticulously researched and legal routes, most with short, medium and long modular options detailing routes that can be full day epics, half day rides or a short blast. The modular design means you can choose from over 70 separate possible rides to suit the weather conditions on the day, or simply how much of a ride you fancy. Each route is accompanied by excellent, evocative photography clearly detailing what you can expect to see on route. Ordnance Survey mapping, gradient profiles, clear route descriptions and informative text make planning your ride a pleasure in your living room and routes easy to follow from your pocket, on the trail.
£16.50
Ernest Press Taking Leave
A novel by Roger Hubank, set among the hills and crags of the Peak District.
£10.04
Ernest Press North
£12.50
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 2001
A mountaineering yearbook, including articles, expedition reports, book reviews, obituaries, memoirs, geography and history. The Alpine Journal is the world's principal mountaineering year-book and essential reading for all who love the mountains, in particular those who climb in the Alps and the Greater Ranges. In the 106th edition of the Alpine Journal Doug Scott describes his encounter with a remarkable tribe in remote mountainous jungles high up in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh - a refreshing antidote to the high-profile media-managed expeditions of the modern professional era. Elsewhere, Martin Price looks forward to the International Year of the Mountains 2002, examining the environmental and economic issues facing mountain regions all over the world. George Band has a rare chance to explore one of the most fragile of those regions, the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. The role of women in mountaineering is also examined in articles about Ginette Harrison, Beatrice Tomasson and Hester Norris. Award-winning biographer Peter Gillman returns to the subject of the yeti and leading alpinists Athol Whimp and Ian Parnell describe their adventures.
£18.50
Ernest Press Over the Hills and Far Away: Collection of Essays on Mountains and Mountaineering
These essays mirror thirty years of a mountaineering life, and show equally the author's enjoyment in the quiet places and his taste for raw adventure. The satisfaction of solitary fell-running and solo climbing on Welsh hills contrasts with the excitements of Alpine north faces and Himalayan exploration.
£11.95
Ernest Press More Routes in the Lake District, the Howgills and the Yorkshire Dales
A second volume of mountain bike trails which contains 36 new routes following approved rights of way for cyclists in these national parks, including family trips. From the MOUNTAIN BIKE GUIDE series.
£9.05
Ernest Press The Alpine Journal: 1993
£18.50
Ernest Press Tight Rope: Fun of Climbing
£10.01