http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:14:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/28/days-like-this-no-19-pillar-and-the-rock/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/28/days-like-this-no-19-pillar-and-the-rock/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9152 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/28/days-like-this-no-19-pillar-and-the-rock/feed/ 35 McEff Pillar 1 Taking a breather on the High Level Route, with Ennerdale and High Stile in the background Robinson???s Cairn, which was built to celebrate the life of mountaineer and local farmer John Wilson Robinson, who died in 1907 pillar 12 pillar 13 The path to the top of Pillar Rock follows the rib of bare stone rising to the left in the bottom-left corner of the picture, then reappears on the sunlit ledge rising diagonally in the top left. This is called the Shamrock Traverse Pillar 5 Pillar 4 Click . . . the mighty Scafell, second-highest mountain in England Click . . . Illgill Head and Wastwater, England's deepest lake Click . . . Kirk Fell and Great Gable Stirrup Crag and Doorhead Screes (the pale, narrow line to the right). As quick descents go, it's the next best thing to shouting Geronimo and jumping off http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/05/23/cross-fell-fiends-rivers-paths-and-poets/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/05/23/cross-fell-fiends-rivers-paths-and-poets/#comments Fri, 23 May 2014 08:00:37 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7893 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/05/23/cross-fell-fiends-rivers-paths-and-poets/feed/ 24 McEff Cross Fell 7 Cross Fell 2 Cross Fell 4 Cross Fell 3 Cross Fell 5 The first glimpse of Cross Fell, with its covering of cloud A mile or two on and the cloud is lifting Cross Fell 3a Cross Fell 9 Cross Fell 10 Cross Fell 11 Cross Fell 12 Cross Fell 13 Cross Fell 14 Ancient and modern. Looking from an old cairn on Cross Fell towards Little Dun Fell and Great Dunn Fell with its radar station. Great Dunn Fell is the second-highest mountain in the Pennines. According to Wikipedia, ???a randome containing primary surveillance radar (PSR) and secondary surveillance radar (SSR) antennae, various towers and fencing crown the summit???. So now you know The view towards Cow Green reservoir Cross Fell 17 Cross Fell 18 Cross Fell 19 Cross Fell 20 Cross Fell 21 Cross Fell 22 Cross Fell 24 Cross Fell 25 Traps like this are all over the place in this part of the Pennines. Their function is to kill predators that prey on grouse, so that rich people will have plenty of birds to blast out of the sky when the shooting season starts. I phtographed this one because it has an egg on it. We can but speculatee where the egg came from Cross Fell 27 Cross Fell 26 Cross Fell 28 Cross Fell 29 Cross Fell 30 Cross Fell 32