Compiled in close cooperation with many of the leading climbers of Nepal and India, Pakistan, Bhutan and Tibet, this first-ever rock climbing guidebook to the entire Himalayan range picks out the pure rock climbs. Pleasure and adrenaline through vertical adventure, from single to multi-pitch, and trad to bolted. Covering what is higher than bouldering and not already too extremely remote requiring an expedition or semi-expedition style approach. Climbs, portrayed within their regional contexts of landscapes and nature, people and their culture. Rock climbing, in its environment. A book aiming at both visitors, and local climbers.