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megadread Jul 19, 2009 01:27:06
Replying to The Eternal

The Eternal wrote:
megadread wrote:
The Eternal wrote:
[quote="megadread Ps: I'd only be looking to descend as far as the cave.[/quote]

That's the worst bit I'm afraid.

Bugger. !
Ah well i might just make do with a pitch by the tarn and a walk up there or if the weather looks promising a higher pitch, then again i might revert back to White moss. ; )
Thanks for the advice TE.
I think I've missed the obvious. You could always climb up the scree from the valley (Mickleden), although it's a treadmill. At least if you're going up it's easier to decide when to turn back, rather than when you've gone too far down, which is so easy to do. It's a hard slog, but could mean you get to the cave in a safer fashion.
Hope this helps,
TE.
Thanks again TE, i'll let my lad decide if he can make it up, then again he'd probably be ok and i'll got arse over tit.
The objective is the cave, if we can't make that then i'd be happy with a view from the top of POS and a pitch by the tarn.
Ps, i have climbing gear, i could belay him down, how far down is the cave in metres roughly. ?

T The Eternal
The Eternal Jul 20, 2009 21:10:26
Replying to megadread

megadread wrote:
Thanks again TE, i'll let my lad decide if he can make it up, then again he'd probably be ok and i'll got arse over tit.
The objective is the cave, if we can't make that then i'd be happy with a view from the top of POS and a pitch by the tarn.
Ps, i have climbing gear, i could belay him down, how far down is the cave in metres roughly. ?
The cave is about just under 100m down. There will be plenty of belay opportunities if needed. Your climbing gear would be useful to explore the quarry sites on the ledges on the main face of Pike of Stickle, above the cave. It's straightforward to reach these ledges with the security of a rope, but there is significant exposure.
Hope this helps,
TE.