Karl Wait - 161731

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Details

Date : 21/04/2013

Duration : 3-5 hours

Style : Equals

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Heavy Rain - Poor Visibility

Wind : Strong Wind

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Nights Camping : 1

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Description

A 12 mile recce run for Scafell Marathon from Seathwaite, styhard tarn, corridor route, Scafell pike, Ill Crag, Esk house and back via Sty Head. Conditions were a polar opposite to previous day, with sleet/snow and high winds and also poor visibility. Descent off mountain by navigation aids.

Area : Southern Fells (Scafell Pike)

The Southern Fells Include Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west. In the south east are the well known Furness Fells, their heavily quarried flanks rising above Coniston Water.

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