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Monday 11th October 2004
Start point: Wasdale Head (NY
187 086)
Wasdale Head - Piers Gill -
Lingmell (179) -
Scafell Pike
(180) -
Lord's Rake -
Scafell
(181) - Wasdale Head
Route Map
Weather: A grey day. Very cold wind on the
tops.
Today's walk is an ascent to the roof of
England with a climb to Lingmell via Piers Gill and an ascent of Scafell
via Lord's Rake. Both of these routes require a certain amount of
scrambling and Lord's Rake is at present considered unsafe due to the
large, loose boulder lying in wait to crash down at the top of the first
section. There are warning signs in place at the bottom to warn of this
- any ascent using Lord's Rake is at your own risk...
Yewbarrow along Lingmell Beck.
Great End from the path alongside Lingmell Gill.
The Great Napes on Great Gable.
The great chasm of Piers Gill, a thousand foot
declivity, looking up to Lingmell Crag. The ascent to Lingmell col is up
the left hand side and requires some scrambling in places. The view over
the side of the shear cliffs is awesome...and scary.
Great Gable from Lingmell - it feels like you can
almost touch it from here. I could hardly stand up on Lingmell as the
wind was so strong and very cold.
The stony summit plateau of Scafell Pike.
Scafell across Mickledore. Lord's Rake, the route of
ascent to Scafell can be seen to the right of the picture pointing
diagonally left to right.
The first section of Lord's Rake with the large, loose
boulder clearly visible at the top.
Looking up Lord's Rake.
..and looking back down.
The large boulder hanging precariously at the head of
the first section of Lord's Rake.
Bowfell and the Crinkle Crags from the summit of
Scafell. Select
here to see an annotated view
north-west from Scafell.
Looking along Mosedale to Scoat Fell and Pillar from
the descent of Scafell.
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