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Rock-climbing in the English Lake District

INDEX.

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A

A Gully, Pike’s Crag, 3-5

”Wastwater Screes, 193

Aaron Slack, 114, 129

Abbey Ridge, Great Gable, 332-333

Abraham, Messrs., quoted, 247, 248, 288, 289, 290

Addyman, Mr. E. T. W., 333

‘All the Year Round’ quoted, 38, 41, 286

‘Alpine Journal,’ 12, 149, 164

Ampezzo Dolomites, 29

Angle Tarn, 33, 213

Ark, Pavey, 208-218, 358-361

Arrowhead Branch Gully, 149

”Gully, 146, 158

”Ridge, 147, 162-167

B

B Chimney, Pike’s Crag, 7-10

B Gully, Wastwater Screes.

See Great Gully

‘Backing-up,’ 124

Baddeley’s Guide Book, 33

Badminton ‘Mountaineering,’ 105, 112

Barton, Messrs., 321

Bear Rock, 147, 165

Beckhead, 114, 115, 121, 139

Beckhead Tarn, 115

Belaying Pin, Moss Ghyll, 50

Birkness Combe Climbs, 349-352

Black Chimney, Bleaberry Combe, 353

Black Crag Gully, Borrowdale, 354

Black Crags, 213

Black Sail Pass, 109, 254, 258

Blea Crags, 291, 292

Bleaberry Combe Climbs, 352-353

Blencathra, 93

Blue, Tom, 117.

See Tom Blue

Boot, 37

Borrowdale, 93, 98, 114, 237, 239, 242

Botteril, Mr. F., 322, 332, 342, 347

Botteril’s Cracks, Scawfell, 341-342

Bottle-shaped Pinnacle, 119, 123, 138

””Ridge, 131, 335

Bowfell, 89, 211, 213

”Buttress, 368-369

”The Links, 367-368

Brandreth, 114, 117, 119, 136

Broad Stand, 27, 32-37

””Descent, 40

Brown Tongue, 12, 28, 36, 91

Brunskill, Mr. W. B., 347

Buckbarrow, 196, 287

Burnmoor, 27

Burnthwaite, 252

Buttermere, 271, 281, 282, 287

Buttermere Climbs, 344-353

C

C Gully, Pike’s Crag, 5-7

”Wastwater Screes, 192, 193, 200-207

Cairn, Hopkinson’s, 76, 80, 81

”Westmorland, 117, 151

Central Chimney, Bleaberry Combe, 353

””Doe Crag, 226-232

Central Gully, Gable Crag, 118, 130, 138-145, 336-337

””Great End, 90, 91-104

””Wastwater Screes.

See C Gully

Central Jordan, 260, 318

Christmas climbing, 15, 19, 104, 120, 130, 197, 163

‘Climbing in England,’ 211, 218

Cockley Beck, 213

Collie Step, 45

Collier’s Climb, 8, 24, 31, 32, 55-65

”Chimney, 51-52

Collinson, Mr. W. L., 339

Colonel Crag, 379

Combe Ghyll, 237-242

Coniston, 213, 218, 219, 226

Corner, the Scawfell Chimney, 41

Court, the Tennis, 43, 44

Crack, Kern Knotts, 163, 182-187, 213, 238

Crack Grépon, 187

Craig, Mr. G. H., 349

”Mr. Alan, 372

Croda da Lago, 78

Curtain and Crête Climb, Pillar Rock, 326-327

Curtain, the Great End, 111

”Pillar Rock, 267, 268, 269, 326

Cust’s Gully, 39, 90, 111-113

D

D Gully, Pike’s Crag, 11

Decoy Pinnacle, 27

Deep Ghyll (Hell’s Gate), 146

Deep Ghyll, 2, 12-28, 32, 43, 58, 69, 70, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 341

Deep Ghyll Cairn, 42

Deer Bield’s Crag, Easedale, 366

Derwent, 238

Derwentwater, 93

‘Divide,’ the, 106

Doctor’s Chimney, 136-140

Doe Crag, 219-236, 369-378

”A Buttress, 371-372

”B”372-374

”C”374-375

”E”375-376

”Blizzard Chimney, 376-377

”Central Chimney, 220, 223, 226-232

”Easter Gully, 221, 222, 235, 236

”Great Gully, 219, 220, 223-226

”Intermediate Gully, 232-234, 378

”North Gully, 377

Dolomites, 29, 56, 78, 185, 214

Dress Circle, the, 174

Drigg, 170

Dungeon Ghyll, 208, 209, 211, 214

E

Eagle Crag, 253

Eagle’s Nest, 160, 161

”Gully, 146, 147

”Ridge, 135, 147, 150, 155, 156-162, 163, 174, 314, 315

Easedale, 209

East Jordan, 260

”Gully, 267

Easter Gully, Doe Crags, 221, 222, 235, 236

‘Eight-foot Drop,’ 268

End, Great.

See Great End

Engineer’s Chimney, Gable Crag, 311-313

Engleberg Valley, 107

Ennerdale, 114, 254, 271

”Face of Gable, 114, 115, 117-119

”Pillar, 70.

See Pillar Rock

Esk Hause, 89, 93, 100, 110, 168, 213

Eskdale, 31, 34, 36, 42, 213

F

Facework, difficulty of, 16

Fairfield, 215

Far West Jordan Climb, 327

Fell and Rock-Climbing Club, 337, 378

Fives’ Court, Pisgah Buttress, 54, 343

Fleetwith, 345

”Gully, 345, 346

Freshfield’s Italian Alps, 29

Fünffingerspitze, 185

”Chimney, 230

Furness Railway, 287

G

Gable Crag, 141, 334-337

””Central Gully, 118, 130, 138-145, 311

””Oblique Chimney, 8, 118, 119-132, 136, 138, 141, 150, 183

””Sheep Walk, 118, 131-133, 312

””Traverse, 121

Gable End, 91

”Needle, 147, 150, 153, 156, 160, 165, 168-174

Gap, Wind, 114, 119, 128

”Windy (Wind Yatt), 254, 258

Gash Rock, 288

Gatesgarth, 271

Gatherstone Beck, 258, 259

Gavel Neese, 115, 121, 127, 138

Gibson, Mr. H. B., 327, 331

Gimmer Crag, 208, 361-365

””A Route, 363

””B Route, 363-364

””Amen Corner, 363

””Chimney, 361

Gimson, Messrs., 334

Glaramara, 237

Goatswater, 219, 220, 229

Gouldon Gully, 379

Grainy Ghyll, 92

Grasmoor, 353

Great Chimney, Deep Ghyll, 19, 24-26

””Pillar Rock, 260, 267, 268, 325

Great End, 39, 89-91, 93, 99, 211, 237

””Brother’s Crack, 338

””Central Gully, 91, 92-103

””South East Gully, 90, 104-111

Great Gable, 92, 114-117, 127, 135, 168, 176, 180, 237.

See Gable Crag

Great Gully, Doe Crag, 223-226

””Pavey Ark, 213-218

””Wastwater Screes, 194-199

Great Napes, 116, 146, 147, 163, 167, 168

”Waterfall, 257

Green Cove, 259

”Crag Gully, 345, 346

”Gable, 114, 119, 128

”Ledge, Pillar Rock, 323

Grépon Crack, 187

Grey Knotts, 114

Guideless climbing, 135

Gwynne quoted, 208, 210

Gwynne’s Chimney, Pavey Ark, 358

H

Hand Traverse, 281, 282-284

Harrison Stickle, 208, 209, 214, 215

Haskett Smith, ‘Climbing in England,’ 211, 218

Hause.

See Esk Hause

Haystacks, 345, 347

Hazard, Mr. J., 332

‘Heart of Lakeland,’ 344

Hell Gate, 117

Helvellyn, 215

High Level Route, Great Gable, 119

” ”” Pillar, 259

High Man, Pillar Rock, 259, 260, 268, 269, 270, 281

High Man from the Nose, Pillar Rock, 324-326

High Stile, 286, 287

Hollow Stones, 2, 12, 22, 41, 48

Honister Pass, 114

Hopkinson’s Cairn, 76, 81

Horse and Man Rock, 2, 11

I

Ice-axes, 112;

applications of, 171, 184

Ill Fell, 207

Iron Crags, 304-311

‘Italian Alps,’ Freshfield’s, 29

Italy, Northern, 184

J

Jack’s Rake, 209, 210, 217, 218

Jammed-stone Pinnacle, 140, 141

Jenkinson’s Guide Book, 33

Jordan Gully, 259

” Pillar Rock, 70, 257, 258, 260, 281

” Scawfell Pinnacle, 19, 26, 69, 70, 72, 76

Journal, ‘Alpine,’ 12, 149, 164

” ‘Scottish Mountaineering,’ 193

K

Kern Knotts, 104, 117, 175-189, 213

””Chimney, 175-182, 186

””Crack, 163, 182-187, 213, 238

””West Chimney, 187-189

Keswick Brothers’ Climb, 31, 66-68

Kirkfell, 114, 117, 136, 139

Knotts, Grey, 114

Knotts, Thunacar, 214

L

Langdale, 33, 215

Langdale Combe, 213

” Pikes, 208, 213

Langstrath, 239, 288

Laycock, Mr. J., 334

Le Coin, 323, 324

‘Ledge,’ the, Pillar Rock, 268

” Tennis Court, 43

Left Pisgah, 260, 266

Ling Chimney, 314, 315

Lingmell, 2, 91, 173, 285

‘Little Dru of the Lake District,’ 69

” Gully, Pavey Ark, 210-213

” Hell Gate, 146

Liza Stream, 114, 254, 281

Lliwedd, 226

Looking Stead, 254, 258, 259

Lord’s Rake, 13, 16, 22, 27, 29, 34, 36, 69, 73, 74, 79, 83, 84

Low Man, Pillar Rock, 70, 257, 258, 260, 261, 269, 270, 272, 276, 278, 281

Low Man, Scawfell Pinnacle, 14, 16, 70, 73, 74, 77, 82, 83, 85, 88, 265

Low Man Cairn, Scawfell Pinnacle, 83

” ” ” Pillar Rock, 270

Lower Kern Knotts, 175, 176

Lyon, Mr. H. B., 338, 346

M

Manchester Town Hall, 191

‘Mantleshelf,’ the, 277, 282

Marshall, Prof. Milnes, 13

Matterhorn, 135

Mauritius, Pieter Botte, 69

Mickledore, 1, 12, 13, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 65

” Chimney, 32.

See Scawfell Chimney

” Screes, 36

Mönch, 208

Mosedale, 92, 254, 258

” Rocks, 337-338

Moses’ Sledgate, 115, 121, 128

Moss Ghyll, 15, 30, 32, 43-53, 76, 92, 239, 341

Mouse Ghyll, 291, 292, 354

N

Napes, Great, 116, 136, 146-147, 150, 172

” White, 115, 127, 128, 133

Needle, Gable, 147, 150, 153, 156, 160, 165, 168-174

” Gully, 146, 150-152, 154, 159, 162, 174

” Ridge, 147, 153-156, 334

Neese, Gavel, 115, 121, 127, 138

Nether Beck, 190

New North West Climb, Pillar Rock, 318, 322-324

New West Climb, Pillar Rock, 317, 318-320

North Climb (Pillar Rock), 271-282

””(Penrith), 31, 37, 38, 55

‘Nose,’ the, Pillar Rock, 257, 259, 271, 275

”” Scawfell Pinnacle, 74

‘Notch,’ the, 268

O

Oak How Needle, 336

Oblique Chimney, 8, 118, 119-132, 136, 138, 141, 150, 182, 183

Old Man, Coniston, 213, 219, 229

”Wall, Pillar Rock, 269, 326

Oppenheimer, Mr. L. J., 321, 322, 344, 345, 349, 350

Oppenheimer’s Chimney, 353

‘Outside Edge,’ Gable Needle, 173

P

‘Pall Mall Budget’ quoted, 170

Parson’s Gully, 42

Pavey Ark, 208-218, 358-361

”” Benison’s Chimney, 360

”” Gibson’s Chimney, 360

”” Gullies, 208, 218

”” Great Gully, 213-218

”” Little Gully, 210-213

Pedestrians, Notes for, 27

Pelmo Traverse, 29

Pendlebury Traverse, 268

Penrith Climb. See North Climb

Petty’s Rift, 31

Photography and Climbing, 163

Pier’s Ghyll, 91, 239, 285-286, 342-343

Pieter Botte, 69

Pike of Stickle, 208, 213

Pike’s Crag, 1-11

Pikes of Scawfell, 2, 33, 50, 99

Pillar Fell, 91, 254, 255, 258, 267

” Rock, 254-284, 317-331

Pinnacle, Bottle-shaped, 119, 123, 138

” Jammed-stone, 140, 141

” Scawfell, 19, 27, 69-88, 265

Pisgah Buttress, 53-55, 342

” Left, 260, 266

” Pillar Rock, 70, 257, 260, 328

” Right, 260, 266

” Scawfell, 19, 26, 32, 70, 71

‘Playground of Europe,’ Leslie Stephen’s, 76

Pope, Mr. H. R., 333, 342

Pressure on Loose Stones, 26

Professor’s Chimney, 19, 25, 26, 27, 69, 70, 71, 76

Progress, Rake’s, 13, 29-32, 37, 38, 43, 46, 57, 58, 60, 63, 66

Pulpit Rock, 2, 11, 31, 33, 35

R

Rake End Chimney, 218

” Ennerdale Face, 121

” Jack’s, 209, 210, 217, 218

” Lord’s, 13, 16, 22, 27, 29, 34, 36, 69, 73, 74, 79, 84

Rake’s Progress, 13, 29-32, 37, 38, 43, 46, 57, 58, 60, 63, 66

Raven Crag, Chimney, 253

”” Glaramara, 237, 242

””” Gully, 242-253

”” Great Gable, 117, 175, 180

Reade, Mr. H. V., 336

Robinson, Mr. J. W., quoted, 119, 120

Robinson’s Chimney (Deep Ghyll), 14, 16, 17

” Gully, Great End, 90

Rope, How not to use it, 154, 155

” Length of, 83, 239

” Special application of, 225, 228, 278

Rossett Ghyll, 33

Rosthwaite, 238, 288

” Fell, 237

Rothhorn, Zinal, 73

Rücksack Club, 345

S

Sack, Carrying the, 101, 102

Sanderson, Mr. R. B., 342

Sanger-Davies’ Book, 78, 230

Savage Gully, 258, 261, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 320-322

Scarpetti, 214

Scarth Gap, 117, 271, 281

Scawfell, 13, 27, 29, 30, 35, 69, 70, 237, 339-347

” Cairn, 37, 42

” Chimney, 32, 34, 39-42

” Crags, 1, 13

” Pikes, 33, 208. See Pikes of Scawfell

” Pinnacle, 19, 27, 69-88, 275

”” by Deep Ghyll, 76-84, 195

”” by Steep Ghyll, 11, 14

”” from Upper Deep Ghyll, 339-340

‘Scottish Mountaineering Journal,’ 193

Screes, Central Gully, 193, 200-207

” Great Gully, 194-199, 248

” Wastwater, 58, 190-207

Seathwaite Fell, 237

Seatoller, 238, 271

Seatree, Mr. George, quoted, 38

‘Sentry-box,’ the, 52, 53

Sergeant Crag Gully, 288-290, 354

Shamrock, 255, 257, 259, 281, 329-330

” Buttress, 330

” Chimney, 256, 264-265, 330, 331

” Gully, 25, 256, 261-264

‘Sheep Walk,’ the, 118, 131, 133, 312

Shoulthwaite, 304

Skew Ghyll, 89, 92

Skiddaw, 93, 296

Slab and Notch Route, 260, 267-268

Slack, Aaron, 114, 129

Sledgate, Moses’, 115, 121, 128

Slingsby’s Chimney, Scawfell, 73, 75, 83

” Crack, Pillar Rock, 270

Sloan, Dr. J. S., 335

Smuggler’s Chimney, 335

” Retreat, 118, 335

Snow, Heavy, 23

South-east Gully, Great End, 90, 104-111

‘Split Block,’ 277

Spout Head, 92

Sprinkling Tarn, 89, 93, 98, 100, 237, 252

Stack Ghyll, 348-349

Stake Pass, 214, 220

Stand, Broad, 27, 32-37, 40

Steep Ghyll, 13, 20, 30, 43, 48, 53, 57, 69, 71, 73, 74, 85, 86, 243

Step, Collie’s, 45

Stickle, Pike of, 208, 213

” Tarn, 211, 215

Stirrup Crag, 118

” Rope, 279, 280

‘Stomach Traverse,’ 272, 274, 276

Stones, Hollow, 2, 12, 22, 41, 48

Stony Gully, 119, 141, 324, 325

Strands, 190

‘Strid,’ the, 277

Styhead Pass, 89, 91, 115, 117, 168, 181, 213, 237

” Tarn, 93, 128

Sugarloaf, 208

Switzerland, 111

Sylvan Chimney, 379

T

Tarn Crag, Easedale, 365

Taylor, Dr. J. H., 322

Tennis Court Ledge, 43, 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 61, 244

Thompson, Mr. P. A., 320, 321

Thornythwaite Fell, 237

‘Thumbs Down,’ 180

Thunacar Knott, 214

Tin Box on Pinnacle, 72

Tom Blue, 117, 176, 179

Tongue, Brown, 12, 28, 36, 91

Toreador Gully, 346

Traverse, Gable Crag, 121

” Hand, 281, 282, 284

” Pelmo, 29

” Pendlebury, 268, 269

‘True Up,’ 104

U

Ullswater, 345

Upper Eskdale, 42

” Kern Knotts, 175, 176, 181

W

Walker’s Gully, 254, 255, 256, 258, 267, 269, 295-304, 328-330

Warn Gill, 345, 347-348

Warnscale Gullies, 345-349

Wastdale Church, 48

” Climbing-book, 1, 77, 119, 135, 136, 140, 156, 170, 247

” Head, 115, 116, 117, 191

Wastwater, 1, 27, 36, 170, 287

” Screes, 58, 190-207

Waterfall, Great, 258

West Chimney, Kern Knotts, 187-189

” Climb, Pillar Rock, 269-271, 281

” Jordan Crack, 327

” Jordan Gully, 315

” Wall Climb, 313-314

Westmorland Brothers, 152

” Cairn, 117, 151

” Crag, 117, 138, 151, 152

” Mr. Horace, 356

Wetherlam, 219

White Napes, 115, 127, 128, 133

Williamson, Mr. C. N., quoted, 37, 41, 69, 70, 286

Willink’s Illustrations, 270

Wind Gap, 114, 119, 128

” Yatt (Windy Gap), 254, 258

Windermere, 215

‘Window,’ the (Moss Ghyll), 45, 49

Woodhouse, Messrs., 338, 370, 373, 375, 376

Y

Yatt, Wind, 254, 258

Yewbarrow, 118, 190, 254

Z

Zinal Rothhorn, 73

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