Cornwall Select.
a bouldering guidebook by Tom Last & Tom BunnThe first, and only, bouldering guidebook for all of Cornwall.
Cornwall Select bouldering guidebook is the first and only complete Cornwall bouldering guide — a definitive companion for climbers exploring this unique and varied region. Designed to live both on your coffee table and in your crash pad, Cornwall Select is a visual showcase as well as a fully functional guide. Our dedication to photography is matched by the detail we’ve put into documenting problems across all grades.
Our Cornwall bouldering guidebook covers all currently-known bouldering venues, and includes all but the most obscure problems (and even some of those!). Each crag features detailed access information, and QR codes throughout to bridge the gap between print and digital navigation.
Cornwall Select has been in development for nearly ten years. We’ve driven thousands of miles, been scorched, soaked, and occasionally lost — all in the name of sharing the wild beauty and bouldering of Cornwall. This book is the result of that long and adventurous journey.
Whether you’re a Cornish local, down on holiday with the family, or just want some climbing eye-candy for the living room, keep an eye out for our preorder launch.
Thank you for your support — we can’t wait for you to see what Cornwall has to offer.
— Tom & Tom
TheAuthors
Tom Last
Climber, photographer, workhorse. Tom’s been bouldering in Cornwall for over a decade, developing new lines and, more recently, obsessively documenting its pebble-wrestling gems.
A professional photographer by trade, he’s spent years capturing the coast’s most dramatic climbing — often with a pad on his back and a camera in hand.
From sketchy chalk at Dover to granite in Patagonia, he’s climbed in some wild places, but Cornwall is home. Tom’s eye for detail and sheer graft have been central to bringing Cornwall Select to life.
Tom Bunn
Climber, developer, reluctant desk jockey. Tom was part of the vanguard of modern Cornish bouldering when Cornwall Select was first conceived — developing everything from esoteric gems to cutting-edge lines, and building on the work of those who came before.
He’s travelled the world in search of blocs, but Cornwall has always pulled hardest. Now based in Bristol with two kids and a full-time job, he’s traded pads for parenting and the crag for a cursor — slowly wrestling this book into existence.
It’s been a bigger project than expected, but his roots in the scene and love for Cornish rock never let it drift too far.
About.
Cornwall Select began as a simple idea: document the bouldering in one of the UK’s most beautiful, underappreciated, and occasionally soul-destroying climbing regions. What followed was over a decade of obsessive development, countless miles on the road (we’ll be claiming the mileage), and a slow descent into guidebook madness.
We’ve scraped through gorse and blackthorn, twisted ankles, smashed cameras, and begged the most photogenic lady climbers we know to let us awkwardly point lenses at them — let's face it, guides are a bit of a sausage-fest.
From dusty old topos and first ascents to lockdown escapes, creeping standards and the social media boom, the scene — and this book — has evolved more than we expected.
This isn’t just a guidebook. It’s a record of Cornish bouldering’s recent history. A love letter to granite, salt spray, and the "it’ll go next session" optimism we all cling to.
