The Nab plus ten (A Martindale Round) (Sat 14 May 2005)

Walk Information

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Walk route: St. Peter's Church (Martindale) - Steel Knotts - Wether Hill - Red Crag - Redcrag Tarn - Raven Howe - High Raise, Martindale - Kidsty Pike - Rampsgill Head - Knott, The (High Street) - Rest Dodd - Nab, The - Satura Crag - Brock Crags - Angle Tarn (Patterdale) - Angletarn Pikes - Beda Fell - St. Peter's Church (Martindale)

Distance: 14.25 miles

Ascent: 4,400ft

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Time: 7 hours 35 minutes

With: David Hall

Conditions: Sunshine and blue sky with a strong wind on the tops

Comment:

The Wainwright Society's Great Lakeland Challenge is to climb all the Wainwrights including the Outlying Fells (214 plus 56) in one week. I signed up for The Nab.

For more photos of the walk visit David's site 'David Hall Lake District Walks'.

Photos

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Pikeawassa, Steel Knotts' summit with Ullswater in the distanceMartindale panorama from Steel Knotts summitThe Nab with Ramps Gill to the left and Bannerdale to the rightLooking back down on Steel Knotts from our ascent of Wether HillThe view south (High Street Roman Road) from Wether Hill's summit cairnLooking back to Raven Howe from High RaiseHaweswater and Riggindale from Kidsty PikeThe Nab and Ramps Gill from Rampsgill HeadWesterly panorama from Rampsgill HeadThe Knott (near left) with the Fairfield and Helvellyn Fells from Rampsgill HeadFairfield from The KnottRest Dodd and The Nab from The KnottThe Nab from Rest DoddThe Nab's summitMartindale from The NabHeck Crag with Fairfield, Saint Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and the pointed Catstycam on the skyline from The Nab's summitRest Dodd from The NabBrock Crags, Buck Crag and a glimpse of Angle TarnHigh Street, a bit of Hayeswater and Gray Crag from our route across to Brock CragsBrothers Water with High Hartsop Dodd, Little Hart Crag, Dove Crag, the Hartsop Above How ridge leading to Hart Crag and Fairfield from Brock CragsAngle Tarn from the descent off Brock CragsAngle Tarn and the southern (and lower) top of Angletarn PikesLooking across Angle Tarn to Fairfield, Saint Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and CatstycamAngle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes south top with l-to-r skyline: Rest Dodd, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, High Street, Gray Crag and Thornthwaite BeaconNorthwesterly panorama from Angletarn Pikes' northern topAngletarn Pikes' north top, Fairfield and Saint Sunday CragThe ridge to Beda FellThe Nab from Beda FellThe Nab and Rest Dodd seen across Bannerdale with High Raise and Rampsgill Head behindHallin Fell and Ullswater from the descent from Beda Head

previous walk - Thu 12 May 2005 - Carrock Fell and High Pike

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