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A Wasdale walk and wild camp

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    looking back down the valley on route to meet some new outdoor peeps.....Ste and Chris A flat calm Irish sea simmering int sun Really impressed with this pack,even when i over load it with an extra 4 litres off water for camp Oscar waiting for me to put the shelter up              A very good motto   Stunning late afternoon                                                   lovely blue skies Sun starting to leave us slowely                                                                                                                                             Lovely pitch between twin tops of Red pike Sunsetting behind Haycock Wasdale valley bottom ,looking along way down Great Gable pre-dawn MLD Shelters Cuben face Best part of the day Gossamergear Marisopa ready for the off again Photo bombed Mr Taylor Lee on ridge near Steeple Oscar the mountian do

A trip from Nov 2011,one of my best winter camps

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Grest views off the Scafells from Esk pike Back in the day when he still carried his own gear and food Looking north from Esk hause Even with sun up it was still only -3c Heavy frost over nite,i recorded -8c at 4 am then went back to sleep again Camp on upper slopes of Great End Early morning sunrise Nice hats on Skiddaw and Blencathra Gable from Great end summit Oscar waiting for sunrise and some warmth Photo bombed ! Sunset behind Scafells Moonrise over Great End summit Cant see it,and i cudnt capture it but when i went out around 9 pm ...i found i had a nite time inversion,only had two and there something special   Last of the sunset