"Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain... Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop."
Chris Darwin
Vertebrate Publishing is a small team of dedicated climbers, walkers and mountain bikers who only produce books that we would want to use or read ourselves. We focus all our efforts on inspirational content, accuracy and great value.
We publish high quality outdoor titles, including the UK's most modern range of mountain biking guidebooks, and award-winning climbing and mountaineering literature. We publish these books because we're passionate about the outdoors, whether we're climbing, cycling, hill walking and, well, anything outdoors! Our authors, photographers and other contributors are passionate too, which means that we can inspire you with the best writing, photography and trail routes available.