Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 187 086)
Wasdale Head – Piers Gill – Lingmell (179) – Scafell Pike (180) – Lord’s Rake – Scafell (181) – Wasdale Head
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…
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.