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 Sca Fell, Eskdale |
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| Sca Fell: ascent 1855 | ||
| site name:- | Sca Fell | |
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | historic ascent | |
| coordinates:- | NY20680651 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2006 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY20 | |
| altitude:- | 3163 feet | |
| altitude:- | 964m | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 placename:- Scawfell |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto source Page 157:- "ASCENT OF SCAWFELL." "The ascent of Scawfell is sometimes made from the Sty Head Pass; sometimes from Lingmell; and sometimes from Langdale, whence the path meets that from Sty Head on Esk Hause. From Esk Hause the summit of the Pike is visible; but still, care is necessary not to ascend the wrong summit. ... there are strangers, almost every season, who attempt the ascent without a guide. These last usually pay the penalty of their rashness in hours of uneasy wandering and excessive fatigue. When they think they see their way clearly enough, they are pretty sure to find themselves brought up on the verge of a chasm, and com-" goto sourcePage 158:- "[com]pelled to "try round" many times before they succeed. If darkness comes on, there is nothing to be done but to wait for daylight where they are. Another reason for having a guide is that the mountains around are not recognisable by their forms,- so great is the change caused by their being looked at from above. By map and compass they may be made out: but the summit is usually windy: and much time and trouble are saved by the information needed being ready at one's elbow." |
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