Eleven brave souls travelled to Patterdale despite the imminent arrival of Storm Bert to the Lake District.
Friday actually turned out to be a beautiful day on the hill with snow on the ground and sun in the sky. Helvellyn was the natural destination with two groups both heading for the beautifully frozen Swirral Edge as the ascent route.
11-13 October
An alternative to the club trip to The Isle of Rum, fourteen of us went to Thorpe Farm bunkhouse near Hathersage in the Peak District.
A few went up early on the Friday to get some climbing done, Lee and Kieran (K2) climbed at Milestone. Tom, Naomi, Neal, DaveC and Dan went to Birchen. Lee and Kieran failed miserably at Great Portland Street (HVS), but very much enjoyed Covent Garden (easy VS 4b but with a very exposed 2nd pitch up and arete over a void with gear below your feet), Embankment 1 (pitch 1 only, a hard work but very enjoyable Vs 5a crack climb), and Svelt (A varied HVS climb with a nice mixture of slab, overlap, corner and laybacking.
The rest of us all arrived on Friday night.
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Our October trip, no expedition, was to Rùm the largest but most sparsely populated of the Small Islands of the Inner Hebrides. This was MKMC’s greenest trip yet with all travel from Milton Keynes being on public transport. Due to Rùm’s remoteness travel had to be spread over two days. We’d discover a wild rugged island a remote bothy and wonderful mountain vistas.
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A week of unsettled, windy weather which limited the mountaineering options but a lot of fun was had staying at the excellent SMC Raeburn hut near Newtonmore – the best hut shower in the organiser’s experience.
Hey people!!!!! Good mood and good luck to everyone!!!!!
Was an absolutely great weekend. Plenty of fun to have been had by all.
Nice! Shows you can never predict the weather
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Great trip and some quality climbs. And some extensive abseil practise!