Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

You can get a train all the way to Fort William.

And then it's a short walk.

Anybody need some new booties?

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/327747/#comment14500738

Pillar and Scafell Pike last weekend.

Not as epic as most, was going to hit the ridge yesterday from mam for, it was a bit blowy and wet tho. Went to Derwent dam instead, 5yo loved being out there looking at 'castles' in the sunshine.

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^ water back to 42% across the 3. Was filling nicely from overnight rain, this inlet would normally be close to submerged by look of bank levels.

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Fun in the Lakeland snow last weekend on the way over to Old Man. The new B2 boots were perfect for kicking steps into the mini scramble around Swirl How.

^ nice.

Some new routes for folks to try:

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2019/01/gbs-longest-linear-walk-without-crossing-a-road/

Just booked myself on to the alpine preparation course at Plas y Brenin on 23-24 March. Anyone done it before?

If not, join me!! They need more bookings for that weekend in order for it to go ahead..

https://www.pyb.co.uk/course/alpine-preparation/

Just planning a trip up the cuilin ridge this summer! EEK

It’s fucking boring. And busy.

Winter Breithorn summit. Fuck me that was tough.

People dismiss it as an easy hike but I'm going to say that they've never climbed it when wind has blown all of the snow off the normal route leaving 100m tracts of 40 degree blue glacier ice. And even if they have, 40% less bioavailable oxygen is no joke. It was also very cold.

Maybe it's different in the summer I guess. 10/10 day out.

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Nice!

One day, after finishing the Munro's I might cast my eye to the Alps.

Or be dead of old age.

Probably the latter....

Long shot, but does anyone have a Patagonia Ascensionist 40l kicking about that they'd like to sell? Failing that, a ME Tupilak? Ta

ahh... that's why you've been packing on the insulation lately.

Trufax but despite spending the entire holiday eating bread and cheese, I lost 5kg. Haven't done that before without food poisoning being a factor!

Anyone got recommendations for climbing shoe resoler?

Going to the lake district in April, hoping to 'bag some peaks'

What's the minimum amount of safety equipment? Not planning anything requiring climbing/scrambling, just steep hiking should be enough.

Currently bringing whistles, spare batteries, small first aid kit, compass, map, torches etc and a workmate has offered to lend me his blizzard bag, but wondered if there was anything else? I know it's impossible to plan for everything, but if shit happens and we have to call someone to save us I don't want them to side eye me because I didn't take some essential and commonly available piece of kit with us that would have saved them the bother.

https://www.facebook.com/Chida-1476025036041857/

This guy did a great job in the end, but he took longer than he said he would and was shit at answering messages. Maybe took on too much at once.

Not sure that's much of a recommendation though.

Not sure that's much of a recommendation though.

Ha, definitely not without a link/contact details!

Take your phone, an external battery and an app that will give you a Grid Reference number in case you need to call Mountain Rescue.

Whoops sorry, edited.

There always used to be a guy in the car park at font. Precise enough info?

Thanks! That's who I was thinking about. Glad to hear the quality is good. I'll try them out. I'm going to have to get a new pair in the mean time, so these will be a second pair once they're fixed.

Chida is good but yeah, can take his time. Have also used the guys below and were very responsive / seem good quality

https://www.resoles.co.uk/