Number in series 21; Year of publication 1927 - Fell and Rock ...
Number in series 21; Year of publication 1927 - Fell and Rock ...
Number in series 21; Year of publication 1927 - Fell and Rock ...
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332 THE FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB JOURNAL.Pillar, Shamrock Chimney, the Scawfell Climbs, Gable Aretes<strong>and</strong> Needle, &c. A few st<strong>and</strong> out <strong>in</strong> my memory. One, anascent <strong>of</strong> Steep Ghyll throughout, when the leader detached afragment <strong>of</strong> the rotten rock which is a feature <strong>of</strong> that climbwhich cut the head <strong>of</strong> the second man. I was next on the rope<strong>and</strong> was startled to hear him say : " I am go<strong>in</strong>g to fa<strong>in</strong>t, can youcome up <strong>and</strong> hold me." I was almost perpendicularly below <strong>and</strong>my position none too secure, but I managed to support him.He speedily recovered <strong>and</strong> we resumed our progress, but a littlelater I heard : " I am go<strong>in</strong>g to fa<strong>in</strong>t aga<strong>in</strong>," <strong>and</strong> the process wasrepeated, but this time our leader was just tak<strong>in</strong>g an upwardstep <strong>and</strong> had to stop <strong>in</strong> his then stra<strong>in</strong>ed position, <strong>and</strong> shortlycalled out: " I am gett<strong>in</strong>g cramp, can you take his weight whilst Ishift my foot." I replied : " I will try," <strong>and</strong> felt n or 12 stonesettle down on my head <strong>and</strong> feared my neck would break.However, the period <strong>of</strong> unconsciousness was very short <strong>and</strong> wesoon won out at the top.In April, 1893, our party was stay<strong>in</strong>g at Rosthwaite <strong>and</strong> ourdest<strong>in</strong>ation one day was Scawfell, but, as <strong>of</strong>ten happens on theseoccasions, by start<strong>in</strong>g at different times we missed connections,<strong>and</strong> Chas. Hopk<strong>in</strong>son <strong>and</strong> I found ourselves separated from theothers. We tried the north face <strong>of</strong> the P<strong>in</strong>nacle from its base,but after advanc<strong>in</strong>g a short distance were driven back by thecoldness <strong>and</strong> wetness <strong>of</strong> the rocks. We then walked up DeepGhyll, <strong>and</strong> just above the second obstacle we noticed a shallowcrack curv<strong>in</strong>g up to the north arete <strong>of</strong> the Low Man whichseemed to have possibilities, so I crept up, followed by C.H.,till I reached a small stance on the arSte, where the latter jo<strong>in</strong>edme. Directly above, the arete rose almost perpendicularly, theonly h<strong>and</strong>holds were at the extreme length <strong>of</strong> our reach <strong>and</strong> they<strong>and</strong> the rocks sloped the wrong way. After several attempts toadvance we gave it up. What conduced to our defeat was thatthe other members <strong>of</strong> the party had all the food <strong>and</strong> we werefeel<strong>in</strong>g rather weak <strong>and</strong> empty. However, rather than submit toa complete failure, we found a good belay <strong>and</strong> descended somedistance towards Hopk<strong>in</strong>son's Cairn, the last man on a doubledrope, <strong>and</strong> found our way up the face to the Low Man. A littletime afterwards Owen Glynne Jones <strong>and</strong> Messrs. George <strong>and</strong>Ashley Abraham completed the climb direct from our stance <strong>and</strong>
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