Peak Limestone North | First ascent list and online crags guide
The BMC guidebook Peak Limestone North gives coverage to the crags in the northern area of the Peak – Stoney Middleton, Water-cum-Jolly, Chee Dale, Raven Tor, Ravensdale, Harpur Hill, Smalldale and may more besides. Some aspects of this book exist online. This is a page to direct you to these online resources.
The main thing that has been moved online is the First Ascent List. This list provides a fascinating historical context for the routes you have done or aspire to. However, as guidebooks hold ever more information, and as topos become bigger and more useful, and as the demand for high-quality action shots grows, then something has to be done to stop the book that you carry to the crag or up the route from becoming overly large.
Hence the online First Ascents List. As it stands, this first ascent list has run to 79 pages, which would have significantly increased the bulk of the book in your back pocket. By being online, it is also hoped that this can allow first ascent information, a notoriously changeable series of “facts”, to be more dynamic and updatable as new information comes along.
The other information that exists online are detailed guides to poor-quality and unvisited crags, crags that have become dangerous or overgrown or where there are insurmountable access difficulties. Having this information online provides a significant saving on the bulk of the book while still keeping the historical record of Peak climbing development.