Tag: scrambling
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Going through Little Hell Gate on Great Gable, Lake District – April
We thought we may have been up Great Gable on a previous occasion (I checked later, and it turned out that we had gone up it in 2009). In any case, we knew that we had not gone up ‘direct’ route up the south-west ridge, through the charmingly named Little Hell Gate. I forgot to…
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Finding a way up to Sca Fell, Lake District – April
We had been up to Scafell Pike before (in 2006): it is the highest mountain in England at 978m, and there is a relatively easy way up to the top. On the last occasion, it was in December, and there was a bit of snow at the top. I had felt a bit nervous about…
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Cloughs in the Peak District – March
We went to the Peak District for the first time, over a long weekend. We drove up on Friday morning, and on arrival we had a look at a potential scramble up Elbow Ridge by Winnats Pass near Castleton. Not only quite a bit exposed in terms of the geographical conditions, but in terms of…