THE HOLIDAY - ROAD TRIP GUIDEBOOK

If you want to plan a climbing holiday at any time of the year, or at any place in Europe, then this is the guidebook with all the key information. It is an easy to use completely enticing and thrilling to flick through. Designed by climbers who know Europe, and know where the best places are to climb.

SPORT CLIMBING - BOULDERING - ALPINE ROCK

No matter what style of climbing you are interested in; Sports routes, bouldering, Alpine routes, adventure climbing, naturally protected routes, even traditional Czech 'knotted sling' style, this guidebook will lead you to the best cliffs.

FULL CRAG BETA

What grade do you climb at? It doesn't matter! This guidebook shows how many routes there are at all of the 2600 crags, and the range of grades available, and how suitable the cliff is for each standard of climber. We show the orientation of every cliff, and if they are shaded by trees in the summer. We also indicate the crag altitude - sea level up to 2000 m. Do you hate long walk in's! We give the walk in time for every crag, rough angle of walk in, and indicate the level of difficulty you will have in locating the crag. We show the rock type at every cliff, from Granite to Sandstone, and even categorise different limestone at many of the most important cliffs.

QUALITY INFORMATION

Nice climbing but what a dump! We give star ratings to all the cliffs in Europe, which show the holiday potential, climbing worthyness, and the ambient setting. We illustrate on which cliffs the protection possibility is poor, or where you are likely to take a monster fall, if it is slabby or overhanging; all the climbing 'beta'. We show bird restrictions and access restrictions. Any good campsites? Yes, we put all the climbing campsites on our maps.

LOCAL CLIMBING GUIDEBOOKS

We illustrate the local guidebooks on offer, and which cliffs are included, where to buy the guidebooks, and days of the week that the shops are closed.

We give icons to indicate the quality of the guidebooks in various categories such as: Local information, crag location, route(topo) info, photos, and ease of use if you don't speak the local language.

So if you want to enjoy the soaring towers of Riglos in Spain; the chasms of the Verdon Gorge in France; awesome shields of Gneiss in the Italian Alps; hidden limestone horrors of Germany; or the invigorating sea cliffs of Britain; snap up a copy of Europe - Sport Vertical