Eastern Grit (2006)

The 2006 edition of the Rockfax guidebook to cover the eastern gritstone edges of the Peak District was a great success and even more popular than its famous predecessor. It sold out in February 2015.

ISBN

978-1-873341-56-8

Published

August 2006

Authors

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Next Edition

2015

Location

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Rockfax Number

Fax23

3 reviews for Eastern Grit (2006)

  1. Paul Smith, UKClimbing review

    If you are after your first guidebook to the Eastern Gritstone edges then without a doubt you should own a copy of this guidebook, although it is select guide, there are more than enough routes and different venues in it to keep even the most keen of grit climbers happy for years to come…. – Full review

  2. Colin Wells, Climb

    It’s back; the book that changed everything. The publication of the ‘controversial’ Rockfax Peak Gritstone East back in 2001 kicked the arses of established club-based guidebook producers so severely that they were forced to go back to the drawing board and up their game. The result, half a decade on, is that it’s getting increasingly difficult to find a new guidebook that doesn’t look fabulous and isn’t tremendous value for money (in fact, the BMC got so good at Rockfax’s own game that they’ve started winning international mountain book prizes in Canada). Not all of this is due to the Shock of the Rockfax New of course; the relentless march of digital technology would undoubtedly have enabled clubs to improve appearance and usability of their offerings anyway. Nevertheless, it remains a fact that the efforts of an innovative ‘private’ publisher poked a sharp, shitty stick at the establishment, causing them to jump up and start running earlier and faster. As a result, the new edition, now re-branded as Eastern Grit, perhaps doesn’t have quite the same impact as it did. Compared to, for example, the latest BMC grit guides, the lack of authoritative historical information and comic light relief makes Rockfax’s grit gorilla feel even more of a fact-packed data brick than ever, especially as it has put on weight to the tune of 100 extra pages. This is not necessarily a bad thing, of course, plenty of folk just want the numbers and such has been the success of the original concept in permeating climbing’s collective consciousness that the term ‘Eastern Grit’ is now routinely used by many, as though it was actually a long established region. So it’s still a great guide to one of the most popular climbing arenas in the world. The new edition repeats the winning formula of hundreds of photo topos (many re-drawn), excellent action shots and basic information and now details a boggling extra 900 climbs.

  3. Rupert

    An awesome guidebook with a wide range of routes with clear photo-topos. An essential buy for anybody who climbs on the Peak District crags around Sheffield.

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