A day without pictures...High Street

Another glorious day on the hills as we finally managed to ascend High Street; 14 months or so after our first attempt.

Even yesterdays climb was less than straightforward with the traversing section from the top of Kidsty Pike to the main ridge being snow-covered; slippery and with a howling cross wind. Descent was down the Nan Bield past a very frozen Smallwater and a time of 5 hours was more than respectable given deep snow on the descent over Mardale Ill Bell and down to the pass.

Eagle-eyed readers will note the lack of pics - muggins forgot to take his camera as well as sunglasses; both omissions being somewhat idiotic. What was encouraging was the amount of neve still in the north facing gullies....will make climbing this saturday a decision as to whether to go to rock or snow...might well depend on the temperature I guess...