WILDCAMP AT LAKELANDS HIGHEST TARN.
Channel: Andy Wardle
Date: 2019-08-05

#BACKOUT #wildcamping POSSIBLY THE TOUGHEST HIKE IVE DONE. THE HEAT COMBINED WITH MY LACK OF FITNESS WAS A KILLER FOR ME, BUT WE GOT UP, WE STARTED AT THE NT CARPARK AT WASDALE THEN HEADED UP THE STEEP STEPPED PATH TO MICKLEDORE, SCRAMBLED UP THE SLOPE TO BROAD STAND AND HOPPED ACROSS TO BROAD CRAG TARN, APPARENTLY THE HIGHEST TARN IN THE LAKE DISTRICT, APPROX 845 METRES, THERE WAS A WEE BIT OF DRAMA WHEN TWO GIRLS GOT CRAG FAST ON BROAD STAND, COMING DOWN OFF SCAFELL THEY COULDNT MANAGE TO REACH THE BOTTOM, NOT RECOMMENDED LINK HERE https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/ BOTH GOT TAKEN DOWN SAFE, WE CALLED THE 999 POLICE NUMBER WHO CONTACTED WASDALE MRT, IF WE HADNT BEEN CAMPING THEY WOULDVE BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT, AND IT RAINED HEAVY THROUGH THE NIGHT, PLEASE TAKE CARE UP THIS AREA ITS DEADLY IF YOU GET IT WRONG.. THEY REALLY WERE LUCKY.. ANYWAY, WE HAD A GOOD NIGHT IT ALL TURNED OUT WELL. SEE YOU FOR THE NEXT ONE.. THE HIKE UP MICKLEDORE WITH 18KG PACKS IS ALSO NOT RECOMMENDED, #WILDCAMPING