Slatehead - The Ascent of Britain's Slate-Climbing Scene
Published on 10. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-9161501-3-3 (ISBN)
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. -- Welsh Books Council
Reviews / Votes
Chapter 1 You Are Now Leaving the FutureChapter 2 Mental Lentils
Chapter 3 Comes the Dervish
Chapter 4 Turn of the Century
Chapter 5 Gideon
Chapter 6 Flat
Chapter 7 Opening Gambit
Chapter 8 Twll Mawr
Chapter 9 Fresh Air
Chapter 10 Blue Bottle
Chapter 11 Never Never Land
Chapter 12 Llanber
Chapter 13 Red and Yellow and Pink and Green
Chapter 14 The Rainbow of Recalcitrance
Chapter 15 The Quarrymen
Chapter 16 The Take Over by Department C
Chapter 17 Hogiau Pen Garret
Chapter 18 Avalanche
Chapter 19 Moving Being
Chapter 20 The Very Big and the Very Small
Chapter 21 Dawes of Perception
Chapter 22 The Quarryman
Chapter 23 Supermassive Black Hole
Chapter 24 Mister Blister
Chapter 25 Time Bandit
Chapter 26 The End
Chapter 27 Staying and Leaving
Chapter 28 Tambourine Man
Chapter 29 The Meltdown
Chapter 30 Instructor Job
Chapter 31 Between the Here and Now
Chapter 32 Le Grandpre
Chapter 33 Y Rhaffwr
Chapter 34 Slippery People
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.
'Incredibly interesting, gripping and really emotional... a cast of wonderful characters... thrilling and terrifying, and each challenge on rocks with higher heights and weirder names felt like another twist in a literary thriller... nerve-wracking... I longed for these heroes... to achieve their aims... almost romantic... I laughed out loud... These [climb] names, with so many secrets beneath them, show... the intelligence and poetic nature of these athletes... a critique of the 80s that felt like a group rock and roll music biography.' Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown Literary Agency
'Witty, absorbing, wide-ranging, razor-sharp account of a love affair with rock' Helen Mort
'Good and clear and honest. Like the climbers it presents, the story is careful and risk-taking, ambitious and humble. These are the things of great writing.' Cynan Jones
'An intriguing read. Great stuff!' James (Caff) McHaffie -- New Welsh Review
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Parthian Books
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 130 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-9161501-3-3 (9781916150133)
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Content
Chapter 1 You Are Now Leaving the Future
Chapter 2 Mental Lentils
Chapter 3 Comes the Dervish
Chapter 4 Turn of the Century
Chapter 5 Gideon
Chapter 6 Flat
Chapter 7 Opening Gambit
Chapter 8 Twll Mawr
Chapter 9 Fresh Air
Chapter 10 Blue Bottle
Chapter 11 Never Never Land
Chapter 12 Llanber
Chapter 13 Red and Yellow and Pink and Green
Chapter 14 The Rainbow of Recalcitrance
Chapter 15 The Quarrymen
Chapter 16 The Take Over by Department C
Chapter 17 Hogiau Pen Garret
Chapter 18 Avalanche
Chapter 19 Moving Being
Chapter 20 The Very Big and the Very Small
Chapter 21 Dawes of Perception
Chapter 22 The Quarryman
Chapter 23 Supermassive Black Hole
Chapter 24 Mister Blister
Chapter 25 Time Bandit
Chapter 26 The End
Chapter 27 Staying and Leaving
Chapter 28 Tambourine Man
Chapter 29 The Meltdown
Chapter 30 Instructor Job
Chapter 31 Between the Here and Now
Chapter 32 Le Grandpre
Chapter 33 Y Rhaffwr
Chapter 34 Slippery People -- New Welsh Review
Chapter 2 Mental Lentils
Chapter 3 Comes the Dervish
Chapter 4 Turn of the Century
Chapter 5 Gideon
Chapter 6 Flat
Chapter 7 Opening Gambit
Chapter 8 Twll Mawr
Chapter 9 Fresh Air
Chapter 10 Blue Bottle
Chapter 11 Never Never Land
Chapter 12 Llanber
Chapter 13 Red and Yellow and Pink and Green
Chapter 14 The Rainbow of Recalcitrance
Chapter 15 The Quarrymen
Chapter 16 The Take Over by Department C
Chapter 17 Hogiau Pen Garret
Chapter 18 Avalanche
Chapter 19 Moving Being
Chapter 20 The Very Big and the Very Small
Chapter 21 Dawes of Perception
Chapter 22 The Quarryman
Chapter 23 Supermassive Black Hole
Chapter 24 Mister Blister
Chapter 25 Time Bandit
Chapter 26 The End
Chapter 27 Staying and Leaving
Chapter 28 Tambourine Man
Chapter 29 The Meltdown
Chapter 30 Instructor Job
Chapter 31 Between the Here and Now
Chapter 32 Le Grandpre
Chapter 33 Y Rhaffwr
Chapter 34 Slippery People -- New Welsh Review