The power of climbing

170 photos. Photos of Britain’s top climbers in action. 46 interviews.

The POWER OF CLIMBING, is a large format book that was produced in the 1990s about top level rock climbing and bouldering in Britain. It features stunning black and white photographs by David Atchison-Jones, and features all of the top level climbers at the time; Ben Moon, Jerry Moffatt, Simon Nadin, John Redhead, Johnny Dawes, John Dunne etc.

The book comprises of 46 interviews with the 23 leading climbers who were the first British climbers to make the 8b sport grade, and a highly interesting selection of other distinguished climbers. It is one of the most important historical books in climbing literature and is considered as a classic.

The Power of Climbing questions the addiction, obsession, love, and
development of the sport with over 45 climbers at the centre of activity.

Interview’s are with the professional onlookers, the Ken Wilson’s and the
Dennis Gray’s; the legends such as Tom Proctor, Johnny Redhead and Jerry
Moffatt; the graduates like Claudie Dunn and Nick Dixon; the addicts in Joe Healey,
Gary Gibson, etc; the hustlers, Gore’s, Masterton’s, Pollitt’s, Pegg’s and
Pretty’s; the elite John Dunne’s, Sean Myles’s and Mark Leach’s; and the
masters – The Natural John Dawes, the World Champion Simon Nadin and the
strongest man of all, Ben Moon. Large-format hardcover, New with DJ.