This weekend for me marked the return of the craggin' season! Since everything in Scotland is mostly covered in snow a cheeky trip south of the boarder was required. The forecast was not initially that great which meant everything was nicely saturated.. But to keep it interesting we ditched the E grades and opted for the mountains!
Day 1 - A rainy day in Langdale; Pavey Ark via Cresent Climb and Gwynne's Chimney
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| The alpine-esque start of Crescent Climb on Pavey Ark, Langdale |
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| The gopping first pitch of Gwynne's Chimney |
Day 2 - The big one! A massive day out in a belter of a spot; Grey Crags, Buttermere.
Big drops, numb fingers and a long walk-in defiantly made this a grand day out!
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| Ascending the easy slabs of Chockstone Buttress |
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| Emma willing the sunshine to move a bit closer!! |
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| The 3rd Pitch of Slabs Ordinary (VD) |
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| Oxford and Cambridge Buttress, of whom's stunning central arête (Oxford Cambridge Buttress Direct) is an absolute must do! |
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| Surmounting the bulge on the second pitch of Oxford Cambridge Buttress Direct (HS) |
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The quadruplet of buttresses of Grey Crags, 8 pitches of climbing totaling
over 200m of superb mountain rock climbing on 3 buttresses, and not a single wet hold! |
Day 3 - Troutdale Pinnacle and Sargent Crag Slabs
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| On the 4th Pitch just below the pinnacle (yes that is blue sky!!!) |
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| Now that's what you call a belay. |
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| Looking down from the top of the route to the pinnacle itself, quite possibly the coolest route in The Lake District! |
After this excursion we headed over to Sargent Crag Slabs and had a play on Lakeland Cragsman (HVS 5a) which is awesome.. So good infact we forgot to crack out the camera!
