Tag: climbing

Book of the Month: Time on Rock

Stanfords Book of the Month for January 2022 is Time on Rock: A Climber’s Route into the Mountains by Anna Fleming. Available for £16.99.

This is a rock-climber’s eye view of the natural world, tracing a geological and personal journey across the British Isles over ten years. In Time on Rock Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing, and the new developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her. 

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Sir Chris Bonington in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019

Britain’s greatest mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington talks to Paul Blezard about his career spanning six decades of climbing peaks, across all continents. Continue reading Sir Chris Bonington in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019

Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke

What better way to explore the city than through its canopy of trees? Jack Cook, author of The Tree Climber’s Guide tells us why we should leave terra firma every now and then and take to the trees: Continue reading Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke

Stanfords Staff Selects – George’s Top 5 Climbing Training & Instructional Guides

This week our in-house climbing expert and Ground Floor Supervisor George Woodward takes us through five of the best climbing training/ instructional guides.  Continue reading Stanfords Staff Selects – George’s Top 5 Climbing Training & Instructional Guides

Stanfords Staff Selects – Top 5 Bouldering Books

This week our in-house climbing expert and Ground Floor Supervisor George Woodward ( that’s him climbing Rose Coronary (7a) at Malham Cove in Yorkshire) takes us through five of the best bouldering guides.  

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Beyond Limits: Life Over the Edge – Steve McClure

Steve McClure is one of the best rock-climbers in the world, and spends his time deliberately trying to find the hardest routes possible to any given summit. In equal parts inspiring and terrifying, Steve tells us what it’s like to hang by your fingertips in some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet. Continue reading Beyond Limits: Life Over the Edge – Steve McClure