Unbelievably the crampons and axes have come back out the boxes as this is the winter that keeps on giving! If you're planning on heading up onto the high fells - particularly Helvellyn via it's edges then this kit is very much still required to have a safe day out. Yes, there were quite a few today without this kit making progress, but at what point do you realise you probably should have had it....the answers are generally collated once a year into Mountain Rescue Annual reports...
Anyways, today I was out with Tom, one of the nicest folks to spend a day on the hill with. He's returning to us after a day with Ed in 2017 and was keen to have a taste of winter before it finally walks out of the door. We ascended a wintry Swirral Edge into the whiteout on the Helvellyn plateau before carefully descending onto Striding Edge. We crossed the edge and descended back to Glenridding. A fab day!
