Scrambles and Easy Climbs in the Lake District

The Scrambles and Easy Climbs in the Lake District guidebook is a fully coloured guide that details 69 routes, from scrambling Grade 1 to rock-climbing V.Diff. 

The appreciation of rock, the exhilaration of climbing, and the sheer pleasure of doing it in some of the most beautiful places on earth is implored in the Scrambles and Easy Climbs in the Lake District guide. By discarding the arbitrary division between scrambles and rock-climbs, the book makes its readers free to explore all the Lake District's rocky places. This guide, by two experienced rock-climbers Jon Sparks and Judith Brown, also offers sound advice on how to get started and how to progress; routes that are safe in the wet, and those that should be saved for perfect conditions; and, where to eat, drink and sleep between the ascents.

Above all you'll find 69 routes, from scrambling Grade 1 to rock-climbing V.Diff, which explore the many faces of Lakeland rock. There is no better way to spend a Lakeland day than climbing Scafell Pike via the Esk Gorge, Thor's Buttress and Ill Crags. "Scrambles & Easy Climbs" offers a score of such expeditions, from valley floor to airy summit, with hands on rock almost all the way. Less arduous, but equally enjoyable, are days on valley crags like Shepherd's or stand-alone scrambles like Cam Crag Ridge. You can clamber on sunny Pikes Crag high above Wasdale Head; potter about above the oak woods of the Duddon valley; or climb Kirk Fell the wet way, through the waterfalls of Ill Gill.

Specification

• Country: England
• ISBN13: 9781902017051
• Language: English
• Published Date: 2010
• Publisher: Grey Stone Books
• Region: England - Lake District
• Manufacturer: Grey Stone Books