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St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head Wasdale Head Inn, famous as the centre of the birth of British rock climbing Packhorse bridge behind the Inn. Wasdale Head (/ ˈ w ɒ z d eɪ l /; traditionally / ˈ w ɒ s ə l, ˈ w ɒ ʃ d ə l /) [1] is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.
Scafell (/ ˈ s k ɔː f əl / or / s k ɑː ˈ f ɛ l /; [1] also spelled Sca Fell, previously Scawfell [2]) is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England.It has a height of 964 metres (3,163 feet), making it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour, Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col.
Scafell Pike (/ ˈ s k ɔː f ɛ l p aɪ k /) [2] is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has an elevation of 978 metres (3,209 ft) above sea level, making it the highest and the most prominent mountain in England. [1] [3] The mountain is part of the Scafell massif, [4] an extinct volcano, [5] and is one of the ...
Rock climbing is a popular activity in the Peak District; particularly on edges such as Stanage or Froggatt. Generally the climbing style is free climbing (as opposed to aid climbing) [citation needed] and the rock is either gritstone or limestone. Climbing has been practised in the Peak District since the late 19th century; James W. Puttrell ...
As of 31 December 2023, 7,654 people had climbed all 282 Scottish Munros, [11] as of April 2020 eleven people had climbed all 1556 Marilyns of Great Britain, [h] [12] while as of October 2022 only five people had climbed all the 2532 Simms of Great Britain, [i] Ken Whyte (Cruachan Beag 21/09/2010), Iain Thow (Cut Hill 07/06/2015), Michael ...
Children's author Alison Uttley (1884–1976) was born at Cromford; her novel A Traveller in Time, set in Dethick, recounts the Babington Plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from imprisonment. [186] Crichton Porteous (1901–1991) set several books in Peak locations; Toad Hole, Lucky Columbell and Broken River take place in the Derwent Valley. [187]
Steph Davis (born 1973) US, second female one-day free climb El Capitan and first female to free climb the Salathé Wall (2005) Johnny Dawes (born 1964) UK, the first free ascent of E9 (Indian Face, 1986), and E8 (Gaia, 1985) traditional climbing routes; José Antonio Delgado (1965–2006) Venezuela, five eight-thousanders (1994–2006), died ...
The free climbing movement was an important development in the history of rock climbing. [3] In 1911, Austrian climber Paul Preuss started what became known as the Mauerhakenstreit (or "piton dispute"), by advocating for a transition to "free climbing" via a series of essays and articles in the German Alpine Journal where he defined "artificial aid" and proposed 6 rules of free climbing ...