A short day today climbing Scafell Pike from Wasdale, in preparation for a Three Peaks Challenge next weekend.
We climbed from Brackenclose in the Wasdale Valley in foul conditions carefully crossing Lingmell Beck and climbing the Brown Tongue path over Hollow Stones and by Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike.
We were in thick cloud and constant wind and rain from the start so saw next to nothing all day and very few people, except for one old friend I hadn't seen for nearly 20 years that we passed as he was descending on the Three Peaks Challenge!
After a very brief stop on the summit we turned round and descended on the same path, bringing with us a bin liner full of rubbish which had been left on the summit!
A quick descent brought us back down to Wasdale in just under four hours.
