Tag: hiking
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How to hike Helvellyn for Sunrise and Sunset shots
There’s noting that beats getting some great photos from your mountain adventures. But how do you give yourself the best chance of getting some great shots? Here are my top tips, using Helvellyn in the Lake District as an example. Scroll down for a YouTube video too! I can’t emphasise this enough. Plan a route…
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So how easy is it to bivvy overnight in the mountains? And what kit do you need? Part 1.
Bivvying, short for ‘bivouacking’, is a bit of an art form. It’s a bit ‘niche’, one notch up from wild camping, and often seen as the emergency option if you’re caught out in a storm for the night. But is it really all that bad? Is it something to be endured, or can it also…
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Start to the Summit in 90 Minutes: Helvellyn Direttissima.
If you squint hard enough (not when walking!) you could almost be in the Italian Alps… Except this is the Lake District – for those who like it direct, dead easy and done in less than a day. The only major challenge with this route is its test of stamina. Ready for an intensive workout?…
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The Finest Route in the Eastern Fells? The Raise Beck Trek
This surely has to rank as one of the finest routes in the Eastern Fells – The Raise Beck Trek to Helvellyn. And yes, that is a bold statement considering it has to compete with Striding Edge for the same title! Scroll down or read below for a video guide to the trail. It’s a…
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Helvellyn: via the Wythburn Route
Of all the routes to the summit of Helvellyn, this one has to be one of the most straightforward. In exchange for some hard and steep hiking, you get a faff-free path, almost nothing in terms of navigational difficulty, and then a superb view of Thirlmere (even in bad weather!) Not a bad deal. Scroll…
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When do you turn back in the mountains? Helvellyn – The summit is optional.
We’ve all been there. You’ve worked hard to get the time off work, driven for hours, carefully prepared and packed all of your kit and are mega psyched to summit the Big One in the Lakes – Helvellyn. Except, the weather forecast isn’t great, it’s blowing a gale, feeling pretty grim. Should you just battle…
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How to Nail the Nine Edges Trail – 13hrs/45km
What have you done on Grit? (If you get the joke then you’re a climber) This, my friends, is what I have just gone and done on Grit. Completing the Nine Edges Trail. All I have to do now is link all the sections together in one go, but that’s for longer daylight hours in…
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Walking the Gritstone Edges: Part 1
Do you have your sights set on a challenge walk this year? If so, this blog series might just help you achieve your goal. I will be covering a famous challenge walk in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, called the ‘Gritstone Edges Challenge’, or sometimes also known as the ‘Nine…
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