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This is the updated 2nd edition, now in full colour. "Scrambles & Easy Climbs in the Lake District" is about the appreciation of rock, the exhilaration of climbing, and the sheer pleasure of doing it in some of the most beautiful places on earth. By discarding the arbitrary division between scrambles and rock-climbs, the books makes its readers free to explore all the Lake District's rocky places. This book, by two experienced rock-climbers, Jon Sparks and Judith Brown, also offers sound advice on how to get started and how to progress; routes that are safe in the wet, and those that should be saved for perfect conditions; and, where to eat, drink and sleep between the ascents. But above all you'll find 69 routes, from scrambling Grade 1 to rock-climbing V.Diff, which explore the many faces of Lakeland rock. There is no better way to spend a Lakeland day than climbing Scafell Pike via the Esk Gorge, Thor's Buttress and Ill Crags. "Scrambles & Easy Climbs" offers a score of such expeditions, from valley floor to airy summit, with hands on rock almost all the way. Less arduous, but equally enjoyable, are days on valley crags like Shepherd's or stand-alone scrambles like Cam Crag Ridge. You can clamber on sunny Pikes Crag high above Wasdale Head; potter about above the oak woods of the Duddon valley; or climb Kirk Fell the wet way, through the waterfalls of Ill Gill.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are scrambling guides to the Lake district and rock climbing guides to the Lake district. If you want to move on rock, but are not interested in harder climbing and do not want to be overburdened with guidebooks, this small book, designed to be carried in rucksac or pocket, is ideal It lists 69 scrambles and easy climbs (up to V. Diff) in some of the most beautiful areas of the Lake District. They range from ghyll scrambles like Church beck, above the Sun Inn in Coniston to classic climbs, like Ash Tree slabs on Gimmer or Bowfell Butress on Bowfell, both in the magnificent Langdale valley.
A particularly attractive feature of the book, even for experienced scramblers, is the way the scrambles and climbs are grouped to form day long expeditions, such as the "Great Gable Crag Day", the "Scafell crag day" or the "Pavey Ark expedition". These link between two and five routes, giving estimates of individual timing for each section so it can be adapted to according to the time you have available (and also your general level of fitness!) Great for planning days out.
The book is organised into geographical sections. Each section starts with a map, general details about access by car or public transport, and local amenities (including locals recommendations such as the legendary Shepherds crag café in Borrowdale). The route descriptions are well organised and clear. They give much more practical detail than the average climbing guidebook, and are enlivened here and there by a light humour . Thus “Snap” (Diff) on Seathwaite buttress is started with the instruction “Do a Tarzan impression up the side of the oak tree” while Wall and Crack climb (V.Diff) merits a pitch description which starts “Depending on body mass, bravery and the ammount of green present, it may be both possible and exciting to ascend the crack” They are accompanied by useful, detailed drawings of locations and crags, and some are also illustrated with black and white photographs. Usually these enhance the text, but one or two are too dark.
Despite its pocket size, the book also manages to pack in some basic information on grading, learning to climb, climbing equipment ,safety and a glossary of climbing terms, all clearly written by experienced climbers. And if, contrary to all expectations otherwise, it dares to rain when you get there, the chapter on “What to do when it is raining” will sort you out!
A particularly attractive feature of the book, even for experienced scramblers, is the way the scrambles and climbs are grouped to form day long expeditions, such as the "Great Gable Crag Day", the "Scafell crag day" or the "Pavey Ark expedition". These link between two and five routes, giving estimates of individual timing for each section so it can be adapted to according to the time you have available (and also your general level of fitness!) Great for planning days out.
The book is organised into geographical sections. Each section starts with a map, general details about access by car or public transport, and local amenities (including locals recommendations such as the legendary Shepherds crag café in Borrowdale). The route descriptions are well organised and clear. They give much more practical detail than the average climbing guidebook, and are enlivened here and there by a light humour . Thus “Snap” (Diff) on Seathwaite buttress is started with the instruction “Do a Tarzan impression up the side of the oak tree” while Wall and Crack climb (V.Diff) merits a pitch description which starts “Depending on body mass, bravery and the ammount of green present, it may be both possible and exciting to ascend the crack” They are accompanied by useful, detailed drawings of locations and crags, and some are also illustrated with black and white photographs. Usually these enhance the text, but one or two are too dark.
Despite its pocket size, the book also manages to pack in some basic information on grading, learning to climb, climbing equipment ,safety and a glossary of climbing terms, all clearly written by experienced climbers. And if, contrary to all expectations otherwise, it dares to rain when you get there, the chapter on “What to do when it is raining” will sort you out!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have both this and the Snowdonia guide. They both lack critical identification marks to find the start of the climbs, and the descriptions keep on switching between large scale overview and large detail. Have been very confused because the guide may take two sentences to describe a two move sequence, or the same for a whole pitch. The descriptions to find the approach to these climbs leave a lot to be desired, you need to use another book to find out where you are going. So why not use that book for all of it?
The quality of the newer guides from the like of Climbers Club, or Rockfax are far superior, this is on a par with the existing scrambling guides.
If your interested in crossing over from scrambling to climbing, you are far better with the new generation guidebooks on the market.
The quality of the newer guides from the like of Climbers Club, or Rockfax are far superior, this is on a par with the existing scrambling guides.
If your interested in crossing over from scrambling to climbing, you are far better with the new generation guidebooks on the market.
Format:Paperback
I have several climbing guides to the Lake District but most of these are 20 + years old and have very limited images, rather relying on climb route diagrams to represent the chimneys, slabs, belays etc and can be confusing especially when you are on the crux pitch. This book has clear route information and topogarphical drawings of the crags as well as maps and black and white photos. The route descriptions are also easy to follow.
This guide will take you from scrambling into low grade rock climbing with suggestions of multi-route combinations for a full day out in the hills. They offer the more experienced climber some wet-day options as these routes can, and have, all been climbed in the wet.
The book is normal guide book size so will fit in a pocket or top of a rucksac but it does not have the heavier plastic cover that you find on most climbing guides that are likely to find themselves being dragged up a wet rock face!
Overall I am very pleased with this guide and am considering buying the similar title for North Wales to compliment the rock climbing guides that I already have for this area.
This guide will take you from scrambling into low grade rock climbing with suggestions of multi-route combinations for a full day out in the hills. They offer the more experienced climber some wet-day options as these routes can, and have, all been climbed in the wet.
The book is normal guide book size so will fit in a pocket or top of a rucksac but it does not have the heavier plastic cover that you find on most climbing guides that are likely to find themselves being dragged up a wet rock face!
Overall I am very pleased with this guide and am considering buying the similar title for North Wales to compliment the rock climbing guides that I already have for this area.
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Could be better
This book gives a good overview of the sort of routes available in the Lakes and generally contains all of the best. Read more
Published on 9 May 2010 by Mr. Richard A. Jones
Great Lake District Days out
There are scrambling guides to the Lake district and there are rock climbing guides to the Lake district. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2003
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