<p>Dream about some stellar climbing opportunities when you read Islands In The Sky: Las Vegas and Great Basin Limestone by Dan McQuade, Randy Leavitt and Mick Ryan. You'll learn abouts a phenomenal number of routes in the Las Vegas area and other parts of Nevada, as well as the Virgin River Gorge in Arizona and Clark Mountain in California.</p>

Islands in the sky: The guidebook to rock climbing on Las Vegas and Great Basin limestone

Sports & Outdoors

McQuade, Dan

Mountaineering

Rockfax

The cliffs of the South of France rocketed to popularity back in the 1980s when it was realised what great climbing was available and how good the weather was down there. Since then other areas have attracted the attention of travelling climbers and once-popular venues such as the cliffs of the Calanques, Sainte Victoire and even the Verdon have rather fallen off the radar in recent years. Following from the recent well received "France: Haute Provence" guidebook, "France: Cote d'Azur" reassesses these famous cliffs and also includes some of the great venues around Toulon, the sunniest city in France. Plus there is the popular winter venue of Chateauvert, the less well known Esterel and Chateaudouble areas, as well as the world famous Verdon Gorge. Add in Saint Jeannet and a selection of cliffs in the Nice area and this will become an essential volume for any climber. The guide will use the award-winning Rockfax format throughout.

France: Cte D'Azur

Chris Craggs

<p>The Mediterranean island of Sicily offers holiday sport climbing in an excellent climate on superb rock. It has something of the character of Kalymnos with easily accessible cliffs many with a beautiful westerly aspect. There are steep tufa-caves, expansive vast walls and shorter single pitch cliffs mostly in easy reach of some delightful holiday accommodation. The climate is just what yoiu would expect for winter sun in the Mediterranean. This will be the biggest guide yet for the island covering the areas of San Vito Lo Capo, Macari, Castelluzzo and Palermo in the same book.</p>

Sicily: San Vito Lo Capo, Macari, Castelluzzo, Palermo

Daimon Beail

This is a new book aimed at young climbers learning the National Indoor Climbing Achievement Scheme (NICAS). It features cartoon illustrations giving step-by-step instructions on the basic skills required for Levels 1 and 2 of the scheme and is fully endorsed by NICAS. It is also endorsed by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland. The book is beautifully illustrated by Sophie Mitchell with appealing drawings and comes with a robust hardback fold-out cover and is package with a short section of cord which enables readers to practice the knots they are learning in the book.

Beginners' Guide for Climbers

Sophie Mitchell

Trad Climbing + (Rockfax Climbing Guide)

Adrian Berry