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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uspect, more like a croquet mallet than any-thing else, and introduced its own particular dangers.But it was of no consequence, the pitch was climbed,and the shivering pair below tried to fling up therope to me. This was a matter of much difficulty,placed as we were, but by approaching each otheras far as we dared, a happy fling brought the end ofthe rope to my hand, and I responded by throwingdown, to their extreme peril, the ice-axe that theyneeded to effect their ascent. We managed the restbadly. My position was insecure in the upper snowof the gnlly, or at any rate it seemed to be so. Theothers were benumbed with cold and wet, unable tofeel the holds or to rely on getting any help from me.We certainly were not a strong party, and there wasno possibility of mutual aid. The only consolationwas in the fact that all danger was absent; a fallcould only result in a plunge into ten feet of softsnow, but we never afterwards spoke with pride ofthat afternoons work. The other two decided to
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G. P. Abraham & Sons, Photos. Keswick The Penkith Climb ekom the Mickledore (Face page UOJ SCAWFELL CHIMNEY 41 give it up, and go down to Mickledore again. Myown feelings were not consulted, but what matter ?The Broad Stand was somewhere about. I mightdescend that way and shout when in trouble. Wejoined again at Mickledore, and rather gloomilyglissaded to Hollow Stones. That evening at Wastdale we hunted out William-sons reference to the Scawfell Chimney. It isimpossible to get straight up the chimney, as the wayis blocked by an overhanging slab, and escape mustbe effected either by the right-hand wall near thetop, where handhold is miserably inadequate, or bythe corner, forty feet up the chimney. The passageof the corner is a matter of stride and balance, asthere is no positive hold for the hands. There is abad drop into the chimney behind, and a slip inrounding the corner would end in broken limbs, ifnot a battered skull. A man essaying the cornermust apply himself like a plaist

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