Scottish Rock: The Best Mountain, Crag, Sea Cliff and Sport Climbing in Scotland : South Volume 1

Volume 1 of Scottish Rock covers a wealth of Scottish crags up to the natural demarcation of the Great Glen. These routes are easier to access than most in Volume 2 and present infinite variety, with selected climbs in Arran, Arrochar Area, Mull & Iona, Glen Coe & Glen Etive, Ardgour & Ardnamurchan, Ben Nevis & Glen Nevis, Central Highlands, Cairngorms, and Easter Ross.

New to this second edition are numerous grade adjustments, improvements in descriptions, some topo corrections and new topos. Several less popular crags and cliffs have been removed, freeing up additional space for the inclusion of over 120 additional routes and over 60 new photos.

The author has been a long-time advocate of selected climbs and the use of photographs to illustrate both climbs and action, a principle used throughout these volumes. As Hamish MacInnes notes in his foreword: "If you have an ambition to do all the climbs in these two Scottish Rock guides I think you'd better schedule time off in your next life... if you divide the retail price of these by the number of good routes you'll realise this is a bargain." The list seems endless, and if you succeed in doing half of them you'll be a much better climber and know a lot more about Scotland—have a good decade!