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New Climber

@newclimber.bsky.social
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Founder of Vertebrate Publishing. Refugee from Twitter. Likes running, climbing, books and more climbing. Publishing and outdoor adventure content.

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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Crewing at the 13 Valleys Ultra this weekend. Inspiring performances everywhere.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A weekend crewing at the 13 Valleys Ultra.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The beautiful Salmon Slab at Bamford Edge. A fine chunk of Millstone Grit.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
121 Peak District summits all bagged. That’s was fun. Thanks Anna. West Nab was the last one.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Autumn
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Back on home peat.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The scourge of any publisher… the return, this one sent back as it had ‘too many words’ in it. www.amazon.co.uk/Vanishing-Ic...
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
When you see a mountain and all you can think about is climbing it. Happened to me last week. And that’s how I know the desire is still there.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Loch Broom for a breakfast. Two otters and two sea eagles fishing while I ate my morning granola.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ascents in Assynt
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Back in bogland. Munro bagging in the far north.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Mission Ben Hope.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sutherland. A first view.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Peak Bagging two Anna’s above Crowden, also seeing how the Pennine Way had stopped the fire.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Kinder Scout raid.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The mighty Featherbed Moss on the Kinder massif.
High Peak moorland.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The remaining Amazon returns from last week. secondsandsales.com
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Finally completed all the White Peak summits in Anna’s book, Peak Bagging the Peak District. Here’s me just leaving the last one, Revidge, 401m. Quite atypical landscape for the White Peak.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Heading to the hills today.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Monster returns day ☹️ all added to the outlet site 😊 secondsandsales.com?srsltid=AfmB...
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
10 years ago. Wild camping way out west with my son.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A few more bits added to the outlet website this morning. secondsandsales.com?srsltid=AfmB...
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Burbage Edge, near Buxton, Peak District National Park. More peak bagging fun as I try to get the 121 Annas ticked.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Walking the White Peak.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
August.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fun peak bagging expedition around Three Shires Head today. First time up Shutlingsloe, the Staffordshire Matterhorn.
Shutlingsloe hill, from walk 30 Peak Bagging the Peak District.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Heather August everyone
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Out on the Gritstone Trail today over Sponds Hill. Summery.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
White Peak Bagging (zero peaks so far.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Innominate Tarn. Felt quite reverential to be there for the first time today.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So booked a posh hotel for tonight with Little Nell allowed in the room. And then this happened…
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Peak bagging Wainwrights today. Latrigg, looking forward to the trail up to Skiddaw.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I wrote a short blog about my love of peak bagging. open.substack.com/pub/jonbarto...
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Adventure Bagging
Nobody climbs just one Wainwright.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A run and a bar meal. A nice end to a long day.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Man leans on trig point. Old school map. ‘Moor’ Peak Bagging fun at the weekend. Axe Edge Moor in the Peak District.
Axe Edge Moor trig point.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Dawn run in the Peak.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So… Mick Fowler has been at it again. www.adventurebooks.com/products/ete...
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Peak Bagging Wales mission. Many Nuttalls bothered today.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I went to a business networking event last night (I know, dreadful) asked, ‘oh do people still read books?’ my response was, yes for ‘character, relationships, society, joy, sorrow, emotion and intelligence’ thanks Chris Smith for the answer.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
More peak bagging fun this weekend. This time on the moors above Buxton.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Really enjoyed this podcast from John Burns www.johndburns.com/david-barter...
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David Barter. Great Scottish Bike Rides| Podcast
John D. Burns talks to Dave Barter about his new book Great Scottish Bike Rides. (Available to pre-order now) Released 6 July. Scotland has some of the most spectacular scenery in the world yet man…
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sneak peek. A return of the traditional climbing biography. www.adventurebooks.com/products/a-m...
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A Man for All Mountains
Sir John Laurence ‘Jack’ Longland (1905–1993) was one of the defining figures of British mountaineering and outdoor education in the twentieth century – a man whose influence reached from the hig...
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Peak Bagging in the Peak District once again. Descending Mount Famine.
Mount Famine, a hill from the book Peak Bagging the Peak District.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
South Nab, top class Peak District hill.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Well that was a good run.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Right then - help me out here - we have a heap of Everest the Hard Way books, with the slightest of dents on various corners. I don't want to throw them away so am selling them for what is basically the cost of sticking them in the post. secondsandsales.com/products/eve...
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Everest the Hard Way
All with very slight cover dents, otherwise a great book. Priced to just cover the shipping.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Seven boxes of Amazon returns just landed in the office. Quite a few bargains. secondsandsales.com
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Tree of the day.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
At this rate I’m going to turn into a trig point.
Jon Barton on the summit of Win Hill in the Peak District.
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New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Quite the excitement in the office as this much loved project goes to the printer. www.adventurebooks.com/collections/...
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Great Scottish Bike Rides
Coming soon. Great Scottish Bike Rides is a guide for cyclists who seek out the hard, the remote and the rewarding. Dave Barter – author of bestselling guidebook Great British Bike Rides – presents 25...
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