A Climber's Guide To Kwazulu-Natal Rock

Roger Nattrass first raised the bar with his Climbers Guide to Natal Rock back in 1994. Now he has produced a new guidebook that is simply outstanding! All subsequent South African guidebook authors will curse the high standard that he has set for the genre. It must have cost a bomb to print as it is full colour throughout (on glossy art paper) with over 180 photographs, some of them glorious double-page spreads. The book is a visual feast that alone is reason enough to want it on your bookshelf. A Climbers Guide to KZN Rock has been divided into four sections: Kloof Gorge, Shongweni, The Umgeni River Valley and a section on Trad Climbing. All of the popular crags are included: The Wave Cave, Umgeni Valley, Howick Falls, The Canyon and Monteseel to name a few. Around 800 routes are described (about 550 sport and 250 trad routes), each with a personalised description that will draw you to climb the line. This is not a book of lists!

Softcover. English. Typestone Publishing. 2010. ISBN: 9780620456135. 232 pp. Good. Book No: 2505694