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How to edit a guide

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To edit a guide log in as a registered user and you should see a button on the top left of the page "Edit this Guide". Press this and the guide goes in to edit mode.
Once in edit mode, press the Edit button on a particular climb or piece of text to edit it.
Once you've edited the details press Save to save your changes, or Cancel to discard them.

The following points give tips on how to write consistent text and route descriptions.

Grammar: Please use correct grammar and punctuation in climb descriptions, including correct use of capitals and proper sentences. Avoid txt style abbreviations. Remember it will be published in a book.
Punctuation: always a space after fullstop, comma, colon or semi-colon, but never before.
Spacing: only ever a single space. No blank lines.
No space between the number and "m" or "km" where its a length eg "123m" not "123 m"
Try to keep line breaks to a minimum, as they chew up space. But line breaks in a multi pitch climb are OK, they make it much more readable.
For multipitch, the format is:
1. 30m 18. Blah.
2. 25m 26. Blah blah.
Note - no brackets, a dot after the pitch number and a dot after the grade.
Generally put each pitch on a new line.
For climbs, include the first ascent in the FA box. For boulders, no FA is recorded.
No "FA" is needed, just the name and date of the first ascensionist. FFA is ok in that case. Full names are preferred if available, otherwise like "J. Nermut" with a space after the full stop.
Dates: Standard format is the 3 letter abbreviated month (with no full stop) with the full year. e.g. Jun 1974 or Dec 2007. Full stop at the end of the FA info.
Abbreviations for L and R are ok but not mandatory.
Arête has a circumflex on the e.

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