(Scrambling up Cam Crag Ridge in the pouring rain)
It was the Leeds Mountaineering Club weekend meet at K-shoes hut in borrowdale. The weather forecast for the saturday was awefull! Strong westerlies and constant rain. Stuart and I decided that we would spend the day scrambling on east facing butresses in and around borrowdale.
Stuart informed me that there was a secret bivvy cave somewhere near Cam Crag.
We parked up in Seatoller and walked up Langstrathdale. (Langstrath Beck is a superb GIV paddle, and the beck was definately up on the day of our scramble!)
We made it to Cam Crag and up to the cave. Where we found to our surprise.. Osama!
(Me and Osama saying Hi)
After a bite to eat we set off up Cam Crag Ridge in the pouring rain. The Scramble was pretty straightforward grade II with a bit of a sting in the tail. The nature of the ridge is quite broken so it is possible to pick and choose lines based on your own taste and skill.
After summiting Cam Crag we decended down by Dovesnest Crag and looked at Corvus on Ravens Crag. As there was a river flowing down the first pitch Stuart and I decided that in the absence of our canoes we wouldn't bother with that route.
(A broken scramble up Intake Ridge)
We headed back over into Langstrathdale via a scramble up Intake Ridge onto Bessy Boots. We had a steep decent back into Langstrath valley by Trollers Ghyll. Back to the car and to beers in the Scafell Hotel.
(Somewhere around Intake Ridge)
2 comments:
well done guys, done exactly as you did apart from finding the bivy cave, tried twice
Planning on doing this cave, any grid references mate or is it easily located on the crag, is it high up and accessible for my young nephew to reach? Cheers mate
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