Lakeland's greatest pioneers: A hundred years of rock climbing

by Bill Birkett

192 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1983

Reviews

[Steve Chilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this mostly because at the time I was writing a book about pioneers in a different field (fell running). Birkett writes well, but eventually it became just a series of profiles of early climbers, although Birkett does try to delineate ages/eras and overlaps, particularly as kit and techniques developed.