Slatehead — The Ascent of Britain's Slate-climbing Scene

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cyfrol sy'n rhannol ffeithiol greadigol, yn rhannol gofiannol a dogfennol ym myd y campau, wedi'i osod yn ardal chwareli llechi Dinorwig yn ystod oes Thatcheriaeth a'r cyfnod presennol.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Join Peter as he ascends Orangutan Overhang, Supermassive Black Hole and Mental Lentils in the disused Dinorwig slate quarries of Snowdonia. Part creative nonfiction, part memoir and sports documentary, Slatehead is set in Thatcher's Britain and the present day. This was Thatcher's lost generation.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Peter Goulding is a climber from the north of England. He has spent most of his working life in pubs, kitchens and on building sites. He currently works at Center Parcs as an instructor and is an alumnus of UEA.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

The slate quarries were walking distance; they’d have a smoke, a party in an abandoned hut, try and climb something. A small culture emerged of punks, nutters, artists and petty thieves, crawling up abandoned rock, then heading to the disco at the Dolbadarn. These were the Slateheads. The people in these interleaving worlds – the punk dole dropout star- climbers; the Victorian quarrymen pioneers; the Welsh-speaking grandson of a ropeman, abseiling in to bolt sport climbs like Orangutang Overhang in the Noughties, Lee and his mates slogging west today – all are polished like nuggets in this 360° view over patience, pride, respect, thrill, movement, the competing claims of home and agency, and above all, a belief in second chances.