Short Night, Cold Toes!

Last night, I took a friend out for a bit of rock climbing by head-torch. I introduced him to rock climbing a couple of years ago but now he lives 'down south'. Anyway, work has brought him back to the Peak, mid week at least. Having read some of the mountaineering epics, he fancied getting a taste for climbing in the dark and cold.

Scot by Lamplight

We headed up to Windgather. A clear night gave us dry rock but falling temperatures. The air temp was about 1 degree, but the windchill soon had us with cold toes & numb fingers. As the temperature dropped, so did the illumination levels. The cold took out my rechargeable batteries in no time (note, use dry cells in winter).

Anyway, one route was more than enough for him to get his 'taste', so we headed off down the valley to a nice warm pub.