Aonach Egach

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The way home involved a quick blast along the Aonach Egeach. Here I am ascending a gully on one of the pinnacles. The ridge was in perfect nick and an almost windless day (for the westcoast) gave us a superb outing before we left for Leeds.  


(on the ridge approaching the pinnacles)

I have wanted to do the Anoach Egach ridge in winter for many years and was delighted when the opportunity presented itself during the Leeds Mountaineering Club meet at the Alex Mac hut in Onich.


(Approaching the final summit, all the difficulties completed)

2 Scrambles, Woof Cave and Osama

(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)