British Guidebook Lands Prestigious Prize

Congratulations to Mike Robertson and guidebook publishers Rockfax who have landed a top award at the 2007 Banff Mountain Book Festival.

Deep Water, Mike's guide to deep-water soloing around the world won the Mountain Exposition prize at the festival and is a guide to deep water soloing on the sea cliffs of the UK, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere.

Deep water soloing, in case you didn't know, involves solo climbing sea cliffs generally above deep water, so falling off means a bit of a dunking rather than a spell in hospital.

It's become something of an obsession for Mike who admits 'Deep water. for me, is more than just a guidebook.

'Deep water soloing is now seen as a lifestyle and even a genre. The roots of the book go right back to 1992 and my first tentative solos at Dorset's Connor Cove...'

The book, he says, is the natural culmination of his progresson from writing about the spot, to photographing it then moving on to explore DWS in the Mediteranean area.

The award's also a recognition of the overall quality of the excellent Rockfax guides with their clear, easy to follow layout, diagrams and photography. Interestingly, another of the seven finalists was the BMC's new guide to Stanage, underlining the overall quality of British climbing guidebooks.

More information and online purchase at www.rockfax.com