Identifier: cu31924103707968 (find matches)
Title: Rock-climbing in the English Lake District
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Jones, Owen Glynne Abraham, George Dixon, 1872- Abraham, Ashley Perry, 1876-1951 Wordsworth Collection
Subjects: Mountaineering
Publisher: Keswick, Cumberland, G.P. Abraham
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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its at their upper extremities. Thatto thdi left was formerly called E-obinsons Gully, butis now generally known as the South-east Gully.There has always been a lack of originality in thenomenclature of such places, and wdth several routeson the same mountain the christeners wits seemdriven to all points of the compass. The secondgully is a hundred yards to the right of the first,and has long been known as the Great End CentralGully. It divides half way up into two well-marked ))ortions, the right-hand route constitutingthe main bed of the gully, and terminating at ahuge notch in the sky-line. The left-hand branchas seen from below appears to terminate blindly inthe face, but actually it leads to a deep and narrowchimney cutting into the top wall within a hundredfeet of the main gully. Far away to the right, where the cliff has shrunkto but one-third of its full height at the CentralGully, a black cleft may be descried that leads fromscree to sky-line. This is Custs Gully, indifferent
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GREAT END as a summer climb, but always beautiful in the rich-ness of its rock scenery, and especially interesting inwinter, when drift snow offers a royal road to thetop. Every one has a kind word for Gusts Gully.It is only called the Gussed gully by ignorantnovices who inquire whether Skew of Skew Ghyllfame was a member of the Alpine Glub. When itis marked out by snow we can from the path justdistinguish the great rock bridge or natural archacross the upper part of the cleft. Great End Central Gully.—This wonderful ravine offers some special feature every winter. Itsindividuality changes so completely under the maskof snow, or ice, or rain, that an attempt to describethe gully by an account of any one expedition mustof necessity be only partially successful. One line winter morning a year or so ago we hada large party at Wastdale, and for once in a waywere all of the same mind as to our days plans.The walk up towards the Styhead Pass—the Schwein-hauskopfjoch of the Swiss travell

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