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Avalanche on Raise

POSTED: 11th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Winter Conditions

2 lads where Avalanched on Raise Sking on Saturday.
They both are ok.

More info to come this evening.

So a football pitch size of wind slab released, triggered by the skier 1 and taking skier 2 along with it.

Both of the party where buried one 2oom up the slope from the other.

They where carrying avalanche rescue kit and managed to dig their own way out. One of the...

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Fisherplace Gill

POSTED: 10th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play, Winter Conditions

On arriving at the gill we where really surprised to see no one there just after 8 am.
Today Sally, Ant, Liz and I quested up the gill trying not to fall in the pools, especially one of them that looked to be over head deep.

Temperatures today have been the highest since Christmas reaching a high of 4.5c - this will be great for the snow on the top of the hills they will...

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Coniston Winter Conditions

POSTED: 10th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play, Winter Conditions

So after a great little am session in Langdale we headed to Coniston.
The water ice is well formed and also well hacked at. We arrived at Low Water Beck at about 2:30 and where pleased to find no one on it.

The tarn is frozen over and is over a foot deep in the middle.

We climbed the largest piece of ice up behind the tarn and just at the R of the start to South Gully...

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Gatesgarth Chimney – High Crag Buttermere

POSTED: 10th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play, Winter Conditions

Gatesgarth Chimney IV,5* 55m High Crag Buttermere
Takes the deep chimney bounding the buttress on the right.

40m 5: climb directly to the base of the chimney proper, move left into it at a small spike and ascend on hooks and fist jams gradually easing to a block/turf hook belay a few metres below the chockstone.

15m 5: Thrutch victoriously over the chockstone and belay...

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New Route in Buttermere, Langdale am & Coniston Ice pm

POSTED: 9th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play

For today’s video’s pop back later, Ill have them together by 9 ish.
John Kettle and Sally Ozanne have put up a new route in Buttermere.

Bob Curry and myself have spent the morning in Langdale up Oxendale and the afternoon in and around Low Water Coniston.

Get in touch if you would like a day out with me or one of the team here at Real Adventure.

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Shelter Crag

POSTED: 8th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play, Winter Conditions

Simon Willis was up on Shelter Crag today after doing a pitch or two of Whorneyside Force.
He did Shelter Corner, excellent route but not very good snow - too powdery, so the route felt more like a 3 than a 2. Ascent from Whorneyside was good till the steepening to Shelter Crag, where the heavier amongst the team where falling through the crust.

There was no real...

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Shoulthwaite Gill – Iron Crag

POSTED: 8th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play, Winter Conditions

Simon and Mick where back out today Ice Climbing in the Lake District.
They headed up to Thirlmere and climbed a great little V,4 called Shoulthwaite Gill.

This 50m climb is at an altitude of 300m so is below most of the soft powder and has seepage from the slopes above that catch the sun.

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Low Water Beck – Coniston

POSTED: 8th January 2010 BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play, Winter Conditions

Stunning day in the Lakes. Some ice and neve now forming on routes - but water still flowing despite -12C overnight.
Hopped up to Low Water Beck at Coniston for happy days winter cragging.

The hills are full of teachers as schools are closed, and we had 1in front of us, 2 in our team and 1 behind. Mad ! All checking for txt’s to see if school closed tomorrow.

Low...

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