Part 2 of a 5 volume comprehensive guide to the entire Pembroke coast. Pembroke Range West covers the part of Castlemartin Range extending westwards from Stack Rocks car park. By UK climbing standards this is a 'new' climbing area, which in main has only been developed since the early nineties. Despite this the guide contains over 1100 routes of all grades from some classic 3-star VDiff/Severe climbs to one of the hardest on-sight leads in Britain and a lot in-between.
The guide includes photo topos for nearly all routes combined with approach maps and diagrams and sprinkled with some great action shots covering all grades of routes.
The climbing is in a very active firing range and this does lead to additional access restrictions and pre-preparation (attendance at a briefing is required). However the additional planning and effort is well worthwhile as the Range is an extremely attractive place to climb; the rock is almost invariably solid (and certainly not polished) and the situations are often outrageous - it has all the ingredients for a great day out on the sea-cliffs.
By Nigel Barry.
Card cover, 17.5cm x 12cm, 380 pages.
Published 2013.
ISBN: 978-0-901601-97-1.
Paul Donnithorne has produced a pdf supplement to the CC Pembroke definitive guide series which can be downloaded free by clicking the link below.