Scrambling about....

Just back from a great weekend in the Lake District which say us go after Helvellyn via Striding Edge on Saturday.  This was going to be my first ever lead on a planned scramble and I'm pleased to say that everything went according to plan.  The weather was just about right - in other words not to warm, in fact on the tops it was pretty cold.  One we got onto Striding Edge proper the fun started.  We where moving along petty well but then one of the team started to lose her head for heights, so I resorted to some of the skills that Steve Holmes had taught me the previous weekend and in particular the sling trick.  After that we worked well as a team and before we knew it we had made the summit.

I'm pleased to say that I felt comfortable throughout the whole scramble despite there being dozens of people on the ridge and, it has to be said, some of them had no clue whatsoever especially the guy at the end who insisted on pushing past people - not the brightest idea in the world considering were we all where!!

Once we had grabbed a snack on the summit we moved onto Swirral Edge and made short work of that scramble.  We then joined the rest of the group who had opted not to attempt the scramble but to walk into Red Tarn instead.

So feeling pleased with myself.  Roll on 25 May when I'm taking some folk on the Zig Zags in Glencoe - another Grade 1 Scramble. 

For accommodation we stayed at a brilliant bunkhouse which I would highly recommend.