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The Climber's Complete Guide to Dumbarton Rock

by John Hutchinson and J S Watson

This guide introduces the climber to the bouldering, traditional climbing and sports routes at Dumbarton Rock.


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About the book

Known to locals as 'Dumby', this is lowland Scotland's premier rock-climbing venue, home to famous routes such as Chemin de Fer, Requiem and Rhapsody, and with a reputation for hard and technical climbing. Dumby also cradles a collection of giant boulders, which host over 300 documented problems from easy to 8th grade level. Problems such as Pongo, Sabotage, Pressure, Sanction and Gutbuster are amongst Scotland's world-class bouldering test pieces. Photo-topos and textual descriptions bring clarity to complex routes (100+) and boulder problems (300+). The guide features a contextual historical introduction by John Hutchinson, detailing the decades of climbing heritage for which Dumbarton Rock is internationally recognised.

Book details

Published by Stone Country Press Ltd

Paperback ISBN: 9780992887629 23 Jul 2020 178 x 111 (mm) 210g