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Dave
MacLeod on Pongo, Font 8a
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Author
Statement
I chose to write a dedicated climbing guide to Dumbarton Rock
in order to spread my own personal knowledge of the area to
anyone interested in climbing there and in the hope that by
doing so I could help people enjoy their time climbing a little
better.
I have been climbing at the rock since 1994 and my time spent
there has given me my best and most varied climbing experiences,
as well as the enjoyment of meeting and climbing with the many
people who use the crag. By 1998 I knew the rock and its climbs
very well and writing a guide specifically for the rock was
an obvious idea. However a few others were considering doing
the same and, with no experience in writing, I left the idea.
By summer 2000 there was still no guide and the climbing and
new routing scene at the rock was more intense than ever so
I decided to do it.
When I first told people that I had written the guide and that
it would be published on the Internet I had a mixed response.
A guide-book you can carry around the boulders to find your
next problem is clearly an essential. Had I published the guide
as a book, it would be severely limited in space and would certainly
have no topos or photos, as well as being another expensive
item of climbing gear that only local climbers would ever buy.
On the Web, you can be inspired by numerous colour photos (and
videos!) of the climbing, then print off the full, complete
descriptions and topos free, staple them up and get out there!
On the boulders alone there are about 50 more problems than
in the last guide, so there is no shortage of challenges! Nobody
has yet ticked all the problems and this remains a considerable
challenge for the normal, well-adjusted individual, but there
are persons unnamed with less than five to go!
Finally, if there are any new problems (or good photos) to report,
or I have missed, then get in touch and I will get them included.
See you out there!
Dave MacLeod, December 2000
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