Christmas Crackers - Books, DVDs Etc...
More Christmas gift inspiration, this time outdoor DVDs, books, posters and calendars :-)
Posted: 10 December 2008
by Jon
Our first Christmas Crackers gift suggestions focussed on warm
and cuddly things, but what if your outdoors
pals are already dressed to the nines in fluffy fleece and luxurious
down?
No problem, what you need is some inspirational mountain culture to
fire the imagination and set the mind wondering into the hills - and
yes, we meant 'wondering'. So here are a few mountain culture
suggestions including books, DVDs and more...
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On
Sight DVD - Alastair Lee
On Sight is the
latest release from award-winning director Alastair Lee. It won two
prizes at Kendal this year, including the Grand Prize and it's
absolutely stunning visually and mentally. The film focusses on 'on
sight' climbing, tackling hard routes without any prior knowledge and
features some of Britain's top climbers not just climbing but also
talking about what climbing and on-sighting in particular means to
them. On Sight retails for £19.99.
Full OM
review.
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Echo
Wall DVD - Dave MacLeod
Echo Wall tells
the story of Scottish climber Dave MacLeod's relentless mission to
climb a desperately hard rock route high on the north side of Ben
Nevis. It's a lesson in focus and quietly driven obsession set in some
of Britain's most stunning mountain scenery. It also has a fantastic
soundtrack featuring Martyn Bennett's electronic celtic music that
somehow fuses seamlessly with the footage. Breathtaking in stuff with
an intense crux. Echo Wall retails for £19.99.
Full OM review.
More from www.rarebreedproductions.co.uk
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Psychovertical
- Andy Kirkpatrick
We reckon this
was the best outdoors book of the year and the Boardman Tasker judges
agreed with us. It's Andy's first book and a rivetting one. There's no
self-glorification here, just a lot of hard questions about life and
climbing and some brilliant descriptive passages that climax as he
solos one of the world's most deperate aid routes, the Reticent Wall in
Yosemite. Unputdownable and a brilliant bit of writing. Price is £18.99. Full OM review.
More from www.psychovertical.com
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Moveable
Feasts - Cicerone
Just out from
Cicerone, this is a cracking outdoors cook book that's a lot more than
just a shedload of backpacking-friendly recipes, though it has those as
well. Stoves, nutrition, water purification, wild food, packing and
lots, lots more. The ideal gift for anyone who camps or backpacks and
is sick and tired of just throwing dried pasta in a pan. Sweet lentil
and cashew nut curry anyone? Priced at £14.95 and
has lots of nice glossy photos of food, don't try to eat them...
More from www.cicerone.co.uk
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Who's
Who In British Climbing - Colin Wells
One for the
climbing anorak in your life - this book should come with a warning,
once you start dipping into its 575 pages of potted autobiography, it's
all too easy to find yourself just checking out one more profile. I
mean, who exactly was Aleister Crowley? It's immensely readable and
just the ticket for a place of honour in a climbing bathroom... the
amount of reasearch that's gone into it simply beggars belief. Price is
£20, full OM review.
More from www.theclimbingcompany.net
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Posing
Productions Stuff
Not only does
Alastair Lee make and sell some great climbing films, he's also an ace
landscape photographer and his web shop is packed with lovely posters,
climbing prints, calendars, books and lots, lots more. You can even
order yourself a signed On Sight poster showing the icefalls at
Kaldakinn Iceland, where the film kicks off. Have a browse :-)
More from www.posingproductions.com
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John
Beatty Stuff
John Beatty is
one of our favourite outdoors and wildlife photographers and his site
is worth a browse just to take a look at the lovely images. However,
there's also a shop section where you can buy various item
including the John Muir Trust Wild Nature Diary - left - and River Map,
John cooperative book with
Jim Perrin following the river Dee to its source in the Welsh
mountains. You can also order any of the images on the site as a
digital print.
More from www.wildvision.com
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Colin
Prior
Colin Prior is
more like a corporation than a photographer these days, but if what you
want is a Colin Prior-type landscape then there's no escaping the fact
that he's the way to go. There's a massive selection of prints on the
site from all over the world and framed or otherwise. And of course you
can also choose from four Colin Prior calendars for 2009.
More from www.colinprior.co.uk
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