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The Roof-Climber's Guide to Trinity - 2nd Edition
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The Roof-Climber's Guide to Trinity - 2nd Edition

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The Roof-Climber's Guide to Trinity
2nd Edition - 1930

"Then care- and rope-free, we may wander hither and thither; with the
collective wisdom of the ages safely locked up and trodden under our feet,
with the rival auspices of Cambridge creeds and cults opening out in
vistas of unreal transparency about us and illuminated only from below,
and know our own heads and dreams to be set high above them among the stars."
 

Thirty years after the original guide, a new generation of student was discovering the stegophilic delights of the 400 year old Trinity College. Risking the same punishment from the authorities as their predecessors, these early exponents of extreme sports sought out the challenges posed by gable and chimney, rain-pipe and pinnacle - all guarded by proctor, bulldog and Robert...

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Including and supplementing the information from two chapters in the previous guide, the 1930 second edition is otherwise completely rewritten and incorporates new routes, quotes, illustrations and a new format.

Although barely granted publication permission by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, the authors of the 2nd edtion rightly noted that 'The conquest of the Great Gate in November 1927 marked a new epoch;' and that 'so many fresh climbs have been discovered in the subsequent three years, that a fuller edition of the old guide was felt to be desirable'.

 

Oleander is pleased to be publishing 1st  (1900) and 3rd (1960) editions of the Trinity guide as well as The Roof-Climber's Guide to St John's and also Geoffrey Winthrop-Young's Wall and Roof Climbing.

Customers who bought this also bought the bible of buildering - The Night Climbers of Cambridge by Whipplesnaith

 

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