25 April 1981

Gimmer Crag, Lakes trip


Toby and I were back in the lakes at Langdale ...  we had our eyes on a couple of climbs on Gimmer crag ..  The Crack and Kipling groove.

We were nice and early in the morning for the first, and were soon sitting on the ledge after the first pitch. I took over and thrashed my way up the crack ... the hardest bit being near the top.

Very pleased we walked around and down, only to find a big queue for Kiplings groove ...  undeterred we chose to go to Ravens crag and come back tomorrow ... not knowing tomorrow would be wet.
Over on Ravens we met up with Jim and Graham, climbing into the evening.
Oaktree wall, original route, Savernake, Revalation, and Centipede.