{"product_id":"tides-a-climbers-voyage-9781911342540","title":"Tides: A Climber's Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Mountain Literature (Non-Fiction) Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTides\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Nick's second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEchoes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A lot. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTides\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasury of his antics and adventures with some of the world's leading climbers, including \u003cb\u003eSteve House\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKenton Cool\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNico Favresse\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAndy Houseman\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJames McHaffie\u003c\/b\u003e. Follow Nick and his partners as they push the limits on some of the world's most serious routes: \u003ci\u003eThe Bells! The Bells!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Man\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003cb\u003eGogarth\u003c\/b\u003e's North Stack Wall; the \u003ci\u003eSlovak Direct\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003cb\u003eDenali\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGuerdon Grooves\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003cb\u003eBuachaille Etive Mor\u003c\/b\u003e; and the north faces of \u003cb\u003eChang Himal\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMount Alberta\u003c\/b\u003e, among countless others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick's life can be equated to the rhythm of the sea. At high tide, he climbs, he loves it, he is good at it; he laughs and jokes, scares himself, falls, gets back up and climbs some more. Then the tide goes out and he finds himself alone, exposed, all questions and no answers. Self-doubt, grieving for friends or family, fearful, sometimes opinionated, occasionally angry - his writing more honest and exposed than in any account of a climb. Only when the tide turns is he able to forget once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTides\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one's life to climbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Bullock\u003c\/b\u003e was born on Christmas Day in 1965. After leaving school aged sixteen he worked variously as a gamekeeper, a self-employed labourer and at Alton Towers (less exciting than it sounds) before joining Her Majesty's Prison Service in 1987 where he was posted to the high-security Gartree Prison as a wing officer, then a punishment block officer. In 1992 he was introduced to climbing at Plas y Brenin while training as a physical education instructor. Nick left the prison service in 2003 and has been a full-time climber and part-time writer ever since. Nick is one of the UK's leading climbers, making bold repeats of many of the country's most renowned traditional summer rock climbs. In Scottish winter he has climbed hundreds of routes and many new ones including \u003ci\u003eNevermore\u003c\/i\u003e on Lochnagar - with a grade of X\/10 it is one of the hardest routes ever climbed ground up. In the European Alps he has climbed approximately forty routes, both established classics and new lines, and he is veteran of over twenty-three expeditions to the greater ranges. It is possibly in the big hills where Nick has truly demonstrated his imagination and abilities, making significant ascents and failing on some audacious attempts around the world with partners such as \u003cb\u003eJules Cartwright\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAl Powell\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKenton Cool\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAndy Houseman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMatt Helliker\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePaul Ramsden\u003c\/b\u003e. In September 2017, alongside Ramsden, he climbed the first ascent of the North Buttress on Nyainqentangla South East in Tibet, for which they were awarded a prestigious \u003cb\u003ePiolet d'Or\u003c\/b\u003e. An accomplished writer, his work has been published frequently in \u003ci\u003eAlpinist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClimb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRock and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClimber\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVertical\u003c\/i\u003e, UKClimbing.com, \u003ci\u003eDesnivel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClimbing\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAlpine Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Alpine Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 2017 he won the award for Best Mountaineering Article of the Year at the Banff Mountain Book Competition. His first book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEchoes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature, and his second book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, won the Mountain Literature Award at the Banff Mountain Book Festival. When not on expedition or extended climbing trips, Nick lives in Llanberis, North Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50388070105362,"sku":"9781911342540","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_849b92f9-d961-4ea7-b505-ae4874fc4c0e.jpg?v=1728888182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tides-a-climbers-voyage-9781911342540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}