Rock-climbing in the English Lake District . , partly because the twopitches are always interesting and may be turned in somany different ways, partly because the gully gathersannually a big snowdrift, which can generally be reliedupon between Christmas and Easter to afPord somepractice in the use of the ice-axe, and partly becausethe rock scenery is of the finest character ghyll has been familiar to the visitors of Scawfellfor many years. It was first ascended in March,1886, by Messrs. Geoffrey Hastings and Slingsby, andan interesting account of the expedition appeared inthe Al
Rock-climbing in the English Lake District . , partly because the twopitches are always interesting and may be turned in somany different ways, partly because the gully gathersannually a big snowdrift, which can generally be reliedupon between Christmas and Easter to afPord somepractice in the use of the ice-axe, and partly becausethe rock scenery is of the finest character ghyll has been familiar to the visitors of Scawfellfor many years. It was first ascended in March,1886, by Messrs. Geoffrey Hastings and Slingsby, andan interesting account of the expedition appeared inthe Alpine Journal. It had been descended twicebefore, in 1882, by Messrs. Mumm and King, withheavy snow blocking the pitches, and in 1884 by Smith. The quickest way of reaching the footof the ghyll is to walk up Brown Tongue till within acouple of hundred feet of the level of Hollow is here unnecessary to keep straight over towardsthe centre of Mickledore, for a shallow depressionto the right of Brown Tongue may be traversed. G. P. Abraham & Sous, Photos. Kuswick Deep Ghyll—First Pitch (Face page 13J DEEP GHYLL 13 obliquely upwards, and the scree struck close to thewell-defined edge of the lower crags of it is best to keep close under the cliffs, follow-ing an easy gradient up to the Lords Rake. This isthe large scree gully passing up to the right, underthe main mass of Scawfell. The scree forms at thefoot of the Lords Rake the usual fan-shaped talus,which here stretches clown towards Hollow summer it may occasionally be worth whilemaking directly up the centre of the scree. Just opposite the corner round which one turnsinto the Lords Rake a rather slightly marked gullystarts up from the side of the rake. It becomes betterdefined a few yards higher, and leads directly intoSteep Ghyll. Almost at the same spot a ledge is to benoticed passing round to the left of the huge wallfronting us at this corner. This is the start of theRakes Pro
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