Comments on: Days Like This, No 20: Glimpses on Gable

By: McEff

McEff — Sun, 24 May 2015 09:56:47 +0000

Hi Lily Lau. It’s not neearly as scary as it looks.
Cheers, Alen

By: Lily Lau

Lily Lau — Sat, 23 May 2015 11:44:52 +0000

What a thrilling post! If only I wasn’t such a coward… ah!

By: McEff

McEff — Mon, 18 May 2015 14:02:09 +0000

Hi Jo. Yes, the general consensus is that all the oldies (I’ll include myself just out of courtesy) are still up there and hard at it, as well as mowing the lawn. That can’t be a bad thing.
I was expecting the flared jeans to have been a bit of a talking point but you’re the first to mention them. I can’t imagine they were very comfortable for climbing. A bit tight from the knees and upwards, I would have thought.
Cheers, Alen

By: Jo Woolf

Jo Woolf — Mon, 18 May 2015 13:46:09 +0000

Great post, Alen! That pinnacle makes me feel dizzy just to look at it. It must be exhilarating to climb up there. I’ve sometimes had a crazy impulse to climb (though not as extreme as that!) and then I remember I’m not keen on heights. I really hope those climbers are still out there, stretching their limits instead of mowing the lawn. Loving the flared jeans as well!

By: mbc1955

mbc1955 — Sun, 17 May 2015 22:57:33 +0000

In my adult life, I’ve never set out on a walk in the Lakes that hasn’t had a summit as its ultimate aim, but if time, circumstance and my ever more painful knees allow me a return to the fells, the South Traverse, linked to the North, would be the most tempting breach of that record.

By: mountaincoward

mountaincoward — Sun, 17 May 2015 19:13:18 +0000

that would be pleasant… NOT!

By: McEff

McEff — Sun, 17 May 2015 18:57:41 +0000

But it’s not vertical. You might roll for a while, admittedly.

By: mountaincoward

mountaincoward — Sun, 17 May 2015 18:52:39 +0000

It’s not really the scrambling which bothers me – it’s the big drop underneath it all!

By: McEff

McEff — Sun, 17 May 2015 17:32:34 +0000

Hej Hanna. You are absolutely right. I look at these pictures now and I want to be up there with the sun burning the back of my neck and the wind in my hair. It’s the yearning that keeps us going.
Cheers, Alen

By: Hanna

Hanna — Sun, 17 May 2015 17:26:48 +0000

Beautiful and thoughtful post, Alen. I think that once you’ve got an eye for nature and felt in every fibre of your body how joyful it is to climb and hike you will always yearn for it. Your body will remember.
All the best,
Hanna

By: McEff

McEff — Sun, 17 May 2015 15:49:31 +0000

I would have remembered that.

By: McEff

McEff — Sun, 17 May 2015 15:47:45 +0000

Hi Carol. You can bypass the Needle very easily underneath it. Threading the Needle means passing through the crux between the Needle and the crag, which is an easy scramble. I’ve done that a couple of times ??? once with my son when he was ten. There’s nothing really dodgy on the whole traverse because the paths are good and there’s always plenty of choice on how to proceed. The photos of the Needle were taken from the Dress Circle, which is the route across the neighbouring crag and is part of the traverse. It’s not as bad as it looks. Honest.
Cheers, Alen