In reply to Toreador:
> (In reply to Joe G)
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> re: "as is usually the way with scrambling guides for some reason"
>As someone who's written a scrambling guide, the reason for the detail is that although many users are experienced climbers (yourself included judging by your profile) many are "adventurous walkers" who are just beginning to venture out onto more serious ground and are much less confident on it. The idea is to direct those people clearly to the easiest line, anyone else is obviously free to look for more difficulty. Also, on the linking-outcrops-on-the-way-up-hillsides routes the idea is to point out where the best fun is, so again you end up putting in lots of description. People always have the option of looking at the general line, ignoring the detail and just following their nose (or not buying the guidebook!), so better to include it than not. Just my opinion, but I suspect Noel Williams/Brian Evans/Dan Bailey etc work on much the same logic. Happy clambering. Iain