Well in a flurry of work this week, I have made the final touches to the book and tweaked it to a standard that both I and the publishers are happy with, and made the deadline for the printers. It culminated in me doing an all nighter on wednesday night to check the document after the proof reader had checked through. Then today i spent a good 5-6 hours at the Pedsa Press HQ in Cearnarfon to sign off the final proof.
This was a arduous task of signing off each individual page, having checked the writing, photos, diagrams and caption. My hope is that the book will be well received and an essential manual for the modern climber throughout the climbing grades. I really can’t emphasise how happy I am with the book, and the length and breadth of knowledge. It is a totally different beast to Dave Macloed’s 9 out of 10 cats.
It should be in the shops for the first week in september, all things going well at the printers. Hopefully if you don’t go out and buy one as soon as its in the shops then it will be top of your christmas present list. The advertised price on the pesda website is £15.99. The same as 9 out of 10 cats… For that money you get 240 odd pages rammed full of pictures, diagrams and text.