A Feeling for Rock

How does it feel to climb - the touch ethics companionship landscape and language? A Feeling for Rock explores a range of topics in this clever mix of poetry cartoons photographs essays and interviews. Fun for dipping into or a more immersive read it will brighten your climbing experience. A Feeling for Rock won the Climbing Literature Award at Banff Mountain Book Competition 2021. The poem Hands won the Shextreme Adventure Poetry Competition 2021.Rock climbing has shaped my body my bookshelves my boyfriends my community my employment my home my holidays the clothes I wear the vehicle I drive how I spend my money and what happens when I die. I am a product of the rock. The dynamic is visceral spiritual intellectual and emotional - no area of me untouched by this curious hobby.