tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694505809435969577.post3987282346120266022..comments2023-09-20T11:46:19.647+01:00Comments on M&G Go For A Walk: Cracoe FellGaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694505809435969577.post-65205623380132372862015-03-06T11:57:08.447+00:002015-03-06T11:57:08.447+00:00I've been up there many times in my climbing d...I've been up there many times in my climbing days. My last visit for Marilyn satisfaction was 13th March 2013, and I reminisced on the blog about a much earlier visit:<br /><br /><br />I have climbed often at Rylstone Crag. My last visit (13th Sept. 1992) was not joyous.<br /><br />Tony, Rod and Pete had decided to set off at 12:30 from Preston. I was unhappy about the late start, so drove from Preston at 7:20 am to Whitbarrow (south Cumbria), did my one hour run and returned to Preston in time to meet up with the team at 12:30.<br /><br />The rest of the day was a mess:<br /><br />"Pete and I did Castrol VS. Pete took a long time leading it, and I got very cold. I had a desperate time on this climb, the worst since my return to climbing. We must have been two hours on this 30 ft. climb! My heart is not really in this gritstone stuff, but this has been the wettest August and September this century, and we haven't been able to get up to The Lakes. After Castrol we did Dental Slab. S., an old favourite which I led twenty years ago.<br /><br />All that way for two gritstone climbs!"Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com