This year will see the publication of the long awaited Rockfax guide to route climbing and bouldering on Southern Sandstone. The author had the following to say about the new guidebook:
"This is a significant progression for guides in the area and one which has been a passionate and time consuming project over the past 5 years. There are lots of things to talk about, but the key word is 'modernisation' and this is something to keep very much in mind.
Great care has been taken to produce a book worthy of southern sandstone's unique conservation requirements, climbing methods and to capture the nature of the climbs and the great sandstone environments.
No actual publication date has been confirmed yet and if all goes well it will be some point this summer."
Today we are launching a New Routes Page. For the new guide, as much info as possible has been gathered from the now old 'new routes book' and current UKC databases, as well as from some of the more proactive climbers in the area. If you think you have something substantial that you wish to be considered for inclusion in the book, please visit the New Routes Page for further information. We will probably not be listing new routes straight away, but will do so more after the Rockfax guide publication.
We are making a strong push towards people recording their ascents via the UKC database, which is a better way for climbers to instantly see new routes that have been done. At some point in the future the crags on UKC will have a refresh and clean up where needed.
Rockfax are also looking for talented photographers who think they have some great shots of people climbing. If you do, then do drop us an email through the Southern Sandstones Climbs Facebook Page.