Napes Needle on Great Gable, Lake District, Cumbria

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Napes Needle on Great Gable - where the UK sport of rock climbing is said to have begun in 1886 with the ascent of the needle, without ropes or aids, by Walter Parry Haskett Smith.

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Great Gable, Lake District, Cumbria
Photo credit: © John Oakey / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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