Customer Reviews

Bouldering Colorado: More than 1,000 Premier Boulders throughout the State (Bouldering Series)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

If you could I would give this book 0 stars. I've flipped through it and would suggest saving your money. Directions to the bolders are confusing if not downright wrong. Also, problem names and ratings are extremely inaccurate. If you familiar with the areas it's a bit of a laugh if not the book is mostly worthless.

I bought this book and I haven't been that impressed. On the up side it is one single book that gets you to a lot of places (thats all) but as a route guide it is pretty messy. As always Horan's route description were confusing and far to concise, luckily I knew this before buying the book. To use this book you will need a lot of supplementation from other sources to really have a full day at a new place. It seems that if a route wasn't around in Horan's heyday then it is simply ignored, there are many new school classics in popular areas that mysteriously don't make the cut. Lastly when I am lost while using this book to navigate I curse FALCON GUIDES for publishing a book with many maps nearly all without scale bars, this is a basic map making technique.

Before buying this book you should be aware that a sizable number of errors have been found in it by Colorado climbers. Falcon is standing by the book and the author for now but I would not be surprised if it was withdrawn.

The fact that somebody can just make up so much information and get it put into a book that is distributed across the country reflects as poorly on the publisher as it does on the author.

Do not buy if you want correct info. A color photo of the wrong boulder with the wrong name isn't going to help you at all.

Any info you need is already on mountain project for free any way.

This book is everything you don't want in a guidebook, especially at 50 dollars retail! Directions are often vague or wrong, and many boulders and problems are misnamed and misgraded. I would guess the number of problems and areas with incorrect descriptions is in the hundreds. Don't waste your money.

I, too, warn you that this book is full of errors and also lists climbing areas that are on private property. Please save your money and get more accurate information elsewhere.

I'm more disappointed in Falcon for publishing this mess than I am in Horan for writing it. It's one thing for an arrogant hack like Horan to botch a guide like this (a guide book author has two jobs- get accurate information, and present it well; Horan does neither), but it's atrocious that Falcon ignored the roar of complaints before this book went to distributers. I know some of the other Falcon authors produce great guides (i.e. Stewart Green), but I can't see myself supporting this publisher in the future if they don't recall Bouldering Colorado.

If I haven't made myself clear, don't buy this book!

I found this book to be most helpful in learning where to boulder in Colorado. Maps, descriptions, photos, were very useful in helping me locate what was other wise very complex.
The book is well written and again has some amazing photography!
I highly recommend this book if you are new to bouldering or have been bouldering along time. Five star rating from me

Rock on! Canyonclimber

This book merely outlined what he thought best places for bouldering are. The classic problems described were described well but some areas were included and described similar to " This Place exists but is not worth a description or a map of it or to it". I was disappointed as I do not climb V4 and above often and I find joy in problems that are not "classic". Buy a few individual area guides instead and save time and money on this "comprehensive state guide".

I saw some of the other reviews and decided to test this book out for myself. I am not sure why it got a few bad reviews. I thought the book was very well done. I have read others by Horan and believe this one is top notch. It has wonderful pictures and tons of great information. I think some people might get upset because he tells the public in this book about many "hidden treasures" in the Front Range.