I headed up into Brown Cove Crags today, the plan being to solo some gullies and see where the day took me. 50mph winds and a blizzard, with pretty much no visibility, put pay to that!
Brown Cove Crags in a blizzard
There is ice and old neve in the gullies, but it's lean and the guidebook grades probably don't apply.
There were a couple of keen beans heading up Central Gully which was in very lean conditions.
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So i headed into the craziness and spent a good few hours navigating by compass, timing and pacing alone, coupled to that winds of 70mph, made it was a brilliant day! |
The snow was being shifted around at a fair old rate, and any banks quickly had drifts behind them. (Not in front of them as I always thought!) Finding a reasonably deep one, I set to and dug myself a quick, little snowhole to get out of the elements. I ended up getting my body out, but not my legs, I am 6ft 2".
Improvised shelter 'Lake Distict Stylee'
ie: i reached grass before i could dig a good shelter!
Fisherplace Gill on the way down
It has been cold...these are rimed up blades of grass!!
And a rimed up tree.
Once again the Lakes has shown me that with enough motivation to get out, the worst days can be the best.
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