kirklees climbing

LINKS

There are ever increasing numbers of links to climbing sites. This page indicates some of the interesting ones and is by no means complete! Suggestions for additions are, of course, welcome.

General Links

One of the most thorough sites for links is that of planetfear which will guide you to most of the common sites.
Another huge pile of useful links will be found on rock climbing hq.
You will also find UKclimbing to be a major source for climbers.
The German Rumtreiber site has an excellent links section.
On an official note, the British Mountaineering Council site contains what might be expected plus current affairs relevant to the climbing populace.
Mike Whittaker's site has a massive (and growing) routes database for the UK.
Other good sites for international news, topos etc include PlanetMountain and 8a.nu (which focuses on international sport climbing news)

Chat

As well as providing supplementary information to the Rockfax guides and other excellent info, the Rockfax site also houses a lively debate on matters related (sometimes) to climbing. This can also be found on UKclimbing.

Bouldering and Gritstone

For "God's Own Rock", try Jon Read's well-presented site which includes the infamous Grit List.
For The Lakes, www.lakesbloc.co.uk is excellent,
Dartmoor has its own bouldering guide and The Peak District has several bouldering spots described on Keith Turton's site. Kevin Thaw's site contains some grit information (including bouldering at Den Lane Quarry and a stolen map to Wimberry Boulders!) The cinderella bouldering area, Carnforth, is on the Megagrip site. Yorkshire has a bouldering site also.
For Chew Valley grit climbing and bouldering, visit Steven Denderfield's excellent web site.
8a.nu carries news from the international bouldering scene. Various sites for Fontainbleau can be found on another page at kirkleesclimbing.
Annot has trendy new sandstone bouldering (better than Font, say the French magazines!)
Australia has a bouldering site.
Bouldering topos from across the world are carried on the Top Bouldering site.
You could also try out bouldering sites for Sweden, for Greece, for, Meschia, Italy and, again, Meschia, for Cresciano and, again, Cresciano, and for Sardinian bouldering, for Germany, and for Meschia, El Escorial, Targasonne and the Peak.
Turkey's going to be big, soon.
An excellent site for Austria with modern topos and great links is www.chalkbag.at
And then there's the Broughton guide.

Regions

For those hungry for topos and information from abroad there is a site specialising in World Topos.
New routes in the Peak District are collated at Peak New Routes and the Leeds Wall site does the same for Yorkshire. Topos for several Peak District crags can be located on the Megagrip site as well as on Gary Gibson's ClimbHigh pages. The latter also carries topos for sports climbs in South East Wales and the Gower. Another source is The Gower Sports routes. Even the quarry at Pant has its own topo.
The North East has an active site with lots of up-to-date information on routes, accommodation etc courtesy of Steve Crowe and Karin Magog.
The Wye Valley climbing pages has a nice community feel to it.
Dorset developments are on the very up-to-date and stylish new Dorset website.
English locations not yet in print include Filey Brigg.
Scotland has developing sites with Scotland On Line and the modern ScottishClimbs.
Ireland is covered by an excellent site as is the The Isle of Man (especially useful if you don't have those old Lancashire guides which did once contain details of the fair isle)
A short list of French links can be found at this website, including the excellent site for the Ardeche, the Drome, Grad and Lozere.
Luxembourg has a small site.
German sites include ElbSandstein and the Frankenjura (which has a good links section).
Italy is served by sites such as the excellent Falesia (which has many useful topos) and Tiscalinet (which includes topos to Ferentillo in Umbria) and Versante Sud. Central Italy is linked as is Sicily (although the latter link may be lost) and an attractive site for Sardinia. Photos of the Domusnovas region of Sardinia are instructive if you want to venture farther than Cala Genone!
Spain has an excellent listing of crags provided by Desnivel magazine (many topos to obscure places are provided). Sites to less common areas include: the Leon region in the north west. Chris Craggs provides some info in relation to his Spanish guidebooks as does Rockfax. Tenerife and the Costa Blanca have their own sites. Also try the attractive Canary Climbs site.
Elsewhere in Europe can be found Climbing in Finland as well as
Crags in Greece. The latter includes links to the increasingly trendy Kalymnos. Climbing in Greece can also be found at another interesting site. An ever-expanding site to the hard stuff around Patras in the Peloponnese is on Aris Thanopoulos' exciting site whilst the new limestone around Trikala (just south of Meteora) is gaining some coverage.
Less well frequented are Hungary and
Croatia and
Portugal.
Good sites for climbing in the States include: Smith Rock which seems to be developing well.
Elsewhere in the world, good sites exist for Brazil, Malaysia and of course Thailand.

Maps and Equipment

Maps to just about anywhere can be ordered on-line at Stanfords.
As well as the usual British shops, it might be worth checking out the prices in Paris at Au Vieux Campeur

The Weather, Tides and Other Sites

Weather sites are sometimes useful(?). The Met Office offers the expected British regional and world reports.
However, also check out Jon Read's summary of weather sites.
For tide timetables, visit The Climbers' Club site.
Help with sport injuries can be found at theTimeOutDoors site.

Additional information is welcome