Karabiner Mountaineering Club

August 2002 Forthcoming Meets

All note the following small print when taking part in meets :-

28^th July - Climbing, Nether Tor - Dave Dillion

Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Nether Tor, on the southern edge of Kinder Scout. Park at Edale (bring coins for the machines), start up the pennine way and then sneak off rightward to the sky line. If, and when, Nether Tor is climbed out the mystery of Secret Buttress followed by Upper Tor and Grindsbrook Rocks should keep the interest until perhaps 11:27. Then it's back down for a refreshing pint of your own fancy.

Grades - from Mod (4 of 'em) to E6 6b (only one) with 12 starred VS's. Guide book - Kinder Alleged grid ref - SK 123876, or approx Lat 53deg23'10"n Long 1deg49'w Wet weather alternative - Bring a cagoule.

See you there.

4^th August - Lake District Scramble - Zoe Talks

(NOTE - not a weekend meet)

4th August - Classic Lake District Scramble. Patterdale - Pinnacle Ridge - St, Sunday Crag - Fairfield. Climbers - escape from those tiny gritstone crags and get up a mountain. Walkers - try a classic horseshoe with a bit of added spice. Pinnacle Ridge is a fairly short, but steep, scramble onto the Fairfield ridge (the northern one, much better than the southern). Optional ghyll scramble descent. As featured in the current High mag (May). Meet Cow Bridge car park (GR 404134) near Brothers Water, at 10:00 for a 10:15 start.

10^th/11^th August- Ty Powdyr - Rob Allen

Everyone knows where the hut is and people generally do their own thing. So its a 'do what you want' meet and I'll be down the pub the two Thursdays beforehand.

17^th/18^th August - Climbing - Robert Clark

Climbing and Camping at Turner Hall Farm, Duddon Valley.

This will be a meet for everyone, with climbing on either low level or mountain crags, hill walking and camping in one of the quieter Lake District valley's. This area is in the South West of the Lakes; you can walk onto the Coniston Hills, or drive a little further to the Scafells, Pillar, Bowfell and Langdale areas. Crags in the vicinity include Dow Crag, Esk Buttress, and Wallowbarrow. The campsite is about 10 minutes walk/2 minutes drive from the village of Seathwaite and the Newfield Inn.

I hope to see lots of you there - this is the weekend before the Bank Holiday - so hopefully it will be quiet.

24^th/25^th August - BH The Lakes, Wasdale Camping - John Evans

N.B. This is a change from the meets list (originally meant to be 31st August), due to the bizarre occurrence of me being invited to a wedding!

OK folks, Thought the Lakes could be good in the latter part of summer - of course bearing in mind that rainclouds and isobars may well already be gathering at the mere mention of a KMC meet in Wasdale...

I am an optimist, however (goes with the job!), and we might just have a marvellous couple of days. I know it will be busy, so I'm going to camp at Nether Wasdale (other end of Wastwater from Wasdale head) near Strands, where pub and shop facilities are good (I'll post the Grid Ref. on the Website nearer the time).

Although this is a bit further from Scafell, it allows easier access to Eskdale (quieter crags and walking) and is handy for Buckbarrow: "South facing at 300m.Often avoids the bad weather of higher crags"... (100 Classic Climbs - Lake District - Steve Ashton).

If the weather is kind I'll be climbing high up, either on Scafell or Eskdale, if not lower alternatives will be sought (Michael Fish and his Met.Office mates allowing). I'm hoping to include a day's walk around Wastwater:

Starting from Stands go up to Irton Fell, along the top of the Wastwater Screes to Illgill Head. Thence down to Wasdale head (might be thirsty!)... Up then into Mosedale, up to Dore Head then steeply up to Yewbarrow (627m), then down the ridge to Wastwater. Once at the lakeside one can either stroll back to Strands or the more energetic can take in Middle Fell and traverse across the top of Buckbarrow crag and drop down to Strands. (around 13 miles, or 17 for the proper job).

So hopefully a goodly contingent will make the trip, and fingers crossed we won't need to discuss ingenious ideas for drying facilities, or question the usefulness of Social Workers...

31^st Aug/1^st Sept - Mysterious Welsh Rock - Al Metelko

This weekends 'Mysterious Wales' climbing venues:

Saturday
The Twilight Zone in the Eglwyseg Valley, Clwyd near Llangollen. Parking in laybys near Plas yn Eglwyseg farm at 216462 OS map 117 (see map below). Grades from VD to E5, most are in the lower grades.

Sunday
Llanymynech/Carreg y Byg near Oswestry. Parking (Llanymynech) - from Oswestry heading south towards Welshpool in the village of Pant at a small cross road, a road leads off to the right. This road is not easy to locate but is most easily identified by a 'gritstone like' cottage and a row of 'tennis racket like' bollards on its southern corner. Two sharp bends and the road ends on a dirt track and a good parking area, good path leads to the climbing.

I should be there by 10:30am, anyone wishing to share lifts ought to ring me at the latest 8:30am (Saturday/Sunday). Drive time is around 1 hour 20 min from Manchester.

Hope to see you there.

Al Metelko

8^th September - Dovestones/Ravenstones Meet - Viginia Castick

These two classic crags in the Chew valley contain routes of all standards. In my guide there is nothing above HVS. Long ridge at Dovestones is 75ft. and a brilliant v.diff. Ravenstones, half a mile away along the top, also has some long routes. Wedgewood crack at VS is 70ft and reckoned to be a classic although I've no first hand knowledge of it. I'll be leaving Dovestones reservoir car park about 10am (there is a charge on Sundays), and walking to the top of Dovestones edge. I don't reccommend an approach from below. After lunch I'll saunter across to Ravenstones for more sport. Intend to do at least one climb on each crag whatever the weather. Be lassic. Be there

15^th September - Peaks Walk - Derek Seddon

HAYFIELD - SNAKE INN - RETURN. About 13 miles

This is what used to be called A GRAND MOORLAND TRAMP. It marks one of the original contested Peak District paths which was finally secured as a public Right of Way in 1897. You'll see why it was worth fighting for.

From New Mills: take the A6015. Turn right onto the dual carriageway at Hayfield, then immediately left. Bear left and then right on to Church Road. Take the next left fork and follow it into the cul-de-sac by the River Sett to park (free) at Grid Ref 041 867. Meet at 9.30am for 9.45 start.

Route: White Brow, William Clough to Ashop Clough to Snake Inn. Probably busy on Sunday, so a packed lunch is advisable. Return via Fair Brook, Kinder Downfall, down Pennine Way to Kinder Low End, Tunstead and back to Hayfield.

ALL WELCOME - DO COME - RING ME IF YOU NEED A LIFT

21^st/22^nd September - Ty Powdyr, Joint Meet with FRCC - Mark Garrod

We have annual joint meets with the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, alternating between one of their Lakes huts and Ty Powdyr. This year it's Wales, so please make the effort to come and enjoy the normal activities on offer, as well as making our FRCC guests welcome. The law of averages says the weather has got to improve sometime, and September is always a good bet for sun anyway.

I'm away on hols from Sept 5th till 19th, but will aim to be at the pub on the evening of the 19th.

See you at the hut.

29^th September - Laddow, Traditional Meet - Andrew Croughton

Yet again we will be meeting in the cave at Laddow for cake and drinks before the usual mad rush to climb all the classic routes of this meet in the sunshine before the weather changes. But wait this year we are a week earlier and in a totally different month so could have even better weather than the normal October sunshine. Meet at the crag from 10am or 9.30am in the car park to help carry water and stoves to the crag. See you there and bring your sun cream Andrew.

5^th/6^th October - Ty Powdyr WORKING MEET - Hut Committee

12^th/13^th October - The Fell Race, Wayfarers Hut, Langdale - Neville McMillan

20^th October - Yorkshire Dales Walk - Iain McCallum

This walk combines the two ridges around Kingsdale. The route climbs Whernside following the crest of the ridge to the summit before dropping down to the road at Kingsdale Head. On leaving the road the route follows a track for a short distance and ascends the hillside to the top of Green Hill and then along the ridge to Gragareth before descending into Kingsdale. The walk can easily be extended to take in Great Coum and Crag hill or shortened to just climbing Whernside.

Start/finish: Twistelton Lane, Kingsdale at the junction with the Thornton to Dent road ( GR.692760). Parking is rather limited at this point but it is possible to park alongside the road before reaching Twistleton Lane at GR. 691758 - in or near a lay-by opposite a small quarry.

Route: Twistleton Lane - Scar End- North Green- West Fell - Bruntscar - Whernside (736m) - High Moss - Foul Moss - Green Hill (626m) - Gragareth(627m) - Dodson's Hill - Turbury Road - Twistleton Lane. Distance 12 miles.

Meet at 9.30am for a 9.45am start.

Map - OS Outdoor Leisure 2 Yorkshire Dales - Western Area

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