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Saturday, 13 September 2014

Talking bout the Borrowdale Ramblers

Wednesday 10th September
Borrowdale Multi-Crag!
Steel Knotts and Shepherds Crag










A pinging Autumn day - dreamed up this combination en route, some new leads for me - multi-crag option  takes some doing to move on and get started again but perfect weather - so has to be maxxed up.

Today's Best of  Borrowdale 





Steel Knotts

BP gets some good gear in on the intimidating start of Route 2

Lobbing a leg over

The fine corner of Ambling Ant is on the left


More leg lobbing on Ambling Ant

Couldn't locate BP's recommended nut slot so fiddled a decent cam in a pocket


It's there!

(from 2011)



An exposed slab and a semi detached block add some interest to the finishing moves of the amble.


Steel Knotts

Ambling Ant (left)
Route 2 (Right)

Original picture from 2011 visit


Next Stop - Shepherds Crag
Via the cafe for some cold drinks
Two more good routes - finally got that Ant Highway lead done (looked at it last May but was too cold and windy)



BP on CDM

Steep, positive holds, great gear




Someone else on CDM

Where is the tree?
(c) Jessica Mccaskey



Ant Highway

It's all about the first 5 metres


Rocking drive out
Talking About the Midnight Rambler..










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