Today saw John D and Davie on Great Gable in poor visibility and low cloud.
Finding the climber's traverse from Sty Head Tarn is just as testing as the books say, but a little experimentation saw us on our way.
The poor visibility on the tops meant that we didn't actually see the Needle this time and we did the circular route around the back of Great Gable, taking the Kirk Fell path to reach the top.
A good day out until John had a small mishap on the descent, doing an amazing face plant into the sharpest rock he could find. Some hill first aid saw our hero safely on his way but stitches will probably be required - I did offer to put some in for him in situ, but he bravely said he would prefer to keep walking.
Did he fall or was he pushed?
Who knows....
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