In reply to redjerry:
> The UK has such a great tradition of definitive guidebooks. Sad to see that disappear.
The problem with definitive guides is they can fill up with a lot of garbage. Do people really want to pay for guides with a bunch of routes nobody ever does? I think the SMC approach is sensible*, selective but not that selective guides with the definitive info made available online.
* I'll declare a vested interest here...
Post edited at 19:01