Well, the iphone app is coming along nicely, Steve has emailed me say that it has been sent off the Apple for approval. So hopefully next week it will be available in the App store?
I guess I should let you know what the app is going to feature, starting with the cold hard facts.
Number of routes: 666 (no that’s just a coincidence!)
Number of Topos: 140
This guidebook app includes several major areas which are
Gogarth
Amazing aerial photo-topos, see gogarth like you have never seen it before.
Gogarth HS and below 4 routes
Gogarth VS to E1 42 routes
Gogarth E2 to E4 25 routes
Gogarth E5 to E6 4 routes
Llanberis Pass
All major crags covered save for Cryn Las and Lliwedd. These may appear in later generations of the guide if the smart phone screens improve enough to cover these massive crags.
Llanberis Pass HS and below 25 routes
Llanberis Pass VS to E1 62 routes
Llanberis Pass E2 to E4 18 routes
Slate
An extensive guide, featuring all the new easy sports routes, with over a staggering 300 routes covered, as well as nearly all of the most classic lines.
Slate 5 and below 20
Slate 5+ to 6a+ 53
Slate 6b to 7a 38
Slate 7a+ to 7c+ 27
Slate 8a and above 8
Slate HS and below 1
Slate VS to E1 41
Slate E2 to E4 96
Slate E5 to E6 26
Moelwyns
We have yet to get Wrysgan and Clipiau online yet. This will be one way the guidebook will grow should it prove popular.
Moelwyns HS and below 14
Moelwyns VS to E1 5
North Wales Limestone
This is a mere taster, as local activist have put together a complete app, available shortly through theSend.co.uk
North Wales Limestone 5 and below 2
North Wales Limestone 5+ to 6a+ 12
North Wales Limestone 6b to 7a 9
North Wales Limestone 7a+ to 7c+ 2
North Wales Limestone 8a and above 2
Ogwen Valley
A nice covering of easy classic routes. We have not covered the mountain crags of Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr.
Ogwen Valley HS and below 59
Ogwen Valley VS to E1 29
Ogwen Valley E2 to E4 5
Ogwen Valley E5 to E6 1
Ogwen Valley E7 and above 1
Tremadog and Beyond
Sadly our crag shots for tremadog, aren’t as good as we’d like, we are waiting for the leaves to fall off the trees, and hope to have this area updated before the end of the. At present there are no routes on Pant Ifan or right of Grim Wall Area on Blwch Y Moch.
Tremadog and Beyond HS and below 8
Tremadog and Beyond VS to E1 18
Tremadog and Beyond E2 to E4 8
There will be an online website for the information as well. At present this is at http://www.thesend.co.uk/northwalesrock/home.php it still is awaiting the intergration with the routes and topo database.
theSend is a resource that may be of interest to any number of guidebook publishers or groups of local activists that want to make there own local guidebook for the rest of the world to share. This selective guidebook to North Wales Rock Climbing is just one of the many projects that theSend is doing. It has been a real privilege to work with Steve the designer of the functionality of the app, all I have done is enter the data. The plan is to update the functionality with free up dates, as well as add more an more routes as time goes by.
There will hopefully be a free ‘taster app’ in the app store next week. Soon after that the main app will be in the store, and for a small cost you have the entire database embedded in your phone, to search and access whether you are in signal or not!