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Eliminate A, Dow Crag

By Hugh Stewart June 26, 2019 Leave a Comment

Voted one of Britain’s top 100 climbs, and done on about the first fine day in this Cumbrian summer. Used to go up after work, but now struggle up in the afternoon, returning today to Goat’s Water at about the same time we used to arrive on the way up. Harder than we thought when done on a colder day eleven years ago. Such is aging. Lovely mountain golden rod, starry saxifrages and sea, yes sea, campion, see photo, on the high rocks. The crux, where a pinnacle was once perched (Rochers perches, pitch 3) is hard for a 68 yr old with relatively poor balance, as the hand hold is a damp, flat, slightly sloping ledge, but done with a little help. Some climber posted on the UKC logbook that he’d linked pitches 3, 4 and 5: magic ropes, as 5 goes sharp right after a left traverse, then straight up. First time we had done the easy pitch above this of Arete Chimney and Crack, but today finished as per the book. Lovely. Very odd to be descending in sunshine, even odder driving home in it!

Left click on the photos as usual to enlarge. The leader on all pitches was Ian Chadwick.

  • The end of pitch 1.
  • Pitch 2.
  • The Rochers Perches crux, pitch 3.
  • Beyond the Rochers Perches crux.
  • Pitch 4.
  • Start of pitch 5.
  • Towards Torver south.
  • Sea Campion below some belay or other.
  • The summit.

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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