Year of publication 1960 - Fell and Rock Climbing Club

56 CLIMBS OLD AND NEW(2) 25 feet. The crack, which runs diagonally upwards from rightto left, is entered by an awkward movement after climbing5 feet up the right-hand wall of the corner. Strenuous.Good holds are reached after 15 feet.LOWER HOWE CRAGSPOSTCRIPT 170 feet. Very difficult. First ascent 14thMarch, 1956. G.W.M., D. Heald, R. Bosomworth. Startsat the finish of Sunshine Arete at a large grass shelf.(1) 70 feet. Up a right-angled scoop for 20 feet. Hand traverseright beneath a huge overhang to a good pull up in thecorner. Climb the crack and continue over gendarmes to alarge belay.(2) 30 feet. Moderate rocks to the summit of the pinnacle.Descend the slab to the pinnacle gap.(3) 45 feet. Up a steep crack and traverse left to the foot of acracked wall. Straight up this.(4) 25 feet. Easy but pleasant rock leads to scrambling to summitof crag.RED DELL BUTTRESSThis crag lies behind the Coppermines Youth Hostel on the spurto the right of the outlet of Levers Water; near small aqueducts.DIAGONAL 160 feet. Difficult. First ascent 16th March,1956. G.W.M., D. C. Villani, E. Wood. Startson the side of the crag away from the Youth Hostel at thefoot of a long diagonal chimney splitting a large steep wall.(1) 25 feet. Up to a sentry-box and flake belay.(2) 100 feet. Climb chimney on its lower edge to fissure at top.(3) 35 feet. Straight up a pleasant slab to the top of the crag.HEATHER CHIMNEY 130 feet. Difficult. First ascent 16th March,1956. G.W.M., D. C. Villani, E. Wood. Starts at the footof the obvious ridge on the side farthest away from theYouth Hostel.(1) 30 feet. Up the ridge to a broad ledge.(2) 100 feet. Into the chimney on the ordinary (well marked)route for a few feet. Then climb the crack widening to achimney.(3) Finish up the easy slab to the left of the last pitch of Diagonal.RAVEN CRAG, YEWDALEThe crag is seen on the right of Tilberthwaite Valley looking fromYewdale Farm.COBRA 150 feet. Very severe. First ascent August,1959. R. C. Cain, M. Tweed, P. Shotton,E. Tweed. Starts at a small cairn about 25 feetdiagonally above and to the right of a tree.(1) 40 feet. Up the wall and rightwards to a stance and belay ona large block on a sloping ledge.