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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ad up the maingully, the engineer to convey the second set up themiddle course, and the more substantial residue tobear to the left, up a slighter branch tha.t containsa very creditable cave pitch half-way towards thesummit ridge. Our work was easy at the outset. The guJlywas narrow and steep, but the snow was good, andsmall ledges on either side were utilized wheneverthe little icicle-clad pitches were too slippery fordirect attack. Where the gully widened a little wecould see the first seriou^ obstacle in front of us—avertical wall with a ragged ice-curtain ilung over itin a most artistic way. It would perhaps have beenpossible to cut directly upwards, but the crowd ofeager climbers behind could not be expected to fightagainst frostbite for an hour or so while tlie leaderamused himself, and the obvious method of circum-venting the difficulty had its own merits. The rightwall slightly overhung ; close below was a glazedrib of rock leading up at an easy angle to the top ofthe pitch.
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GREAT END CENTRAL GULLY 95 Steadying myself against the wall, I started cut-ting slight steps up the thin ice on the rock, keepingas near to the corner as possible. Now and againthe foothold felt insecure, but for the most part theascent was safe, with slight probability of a slipinto the snow below. The second man followedclose up, and steadied my feet occasionally with anice-axe. Tlien came a more gentle snow-slope, upwhich we could kick steps without effort; and whilethe second party were busy with the difficulties thatwe had just overcome, we reached the second pitchand hastened to leave it behind us. This was rathera harder task than we had yet undertaken. Thegully was inore open and its ice covering less exten-sive, but the pitch was higher and involved ourclimbing up to the centre from the right-hand walJ,so as to reach the base of the big boulder that crownsthe pitch. All this would have been easy with therocks clear and dry, but we had to make our footholdson the flimsiest ra

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