Ian Waddington - 32098

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MCI MLW ML
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Winter Walking Record

Details

Date : 22/12/1978

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Leader / Supervisor

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Light snow - poor visibility

Wind : Gentle breeze

Camping Type :

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Dollywaggon Pike Helvellyn Helvellyn - Lower Man Nethermost Pike

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Description

19.1km, 1220m. Grasmere, Lake District.
Cloud base 1800ft, 3-6" fresh snow, 2ft drifts on west slopes, little wind, whiteout conditions. Two school friends and I. Grasmere YH, Grisedale Hause via Toung Gill, Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, Lower Man, Brown cove from col between Lower Man and White Side, Greenside Mines, Glenridding, Patterdale YH. Followed someone’s footprints up Dollywaggon; they had missed the path. The blind leading the blind!

Area : Eastern Fells

From the Kirkstone Pass to the M6.

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