It's fifty years since the publication of John Wyatt's seminal book The Shining Levels. The title refers to the multilayered gleaming waters often found in Lakeland views, and nowhere better exemplifies this than the complex, hummocky watershed between the Brathay and Rothay valleys. Pools jewel the ridges while tarns fill the hollows, sparkling in sun, glowering in storm, and leading the eye down to the lowland lakes, with perhaps a glistening estuary beyond. Water, water everywhere. This ridge is often quieter than many, yet easily accessible from Grasmere. The route described marks a horseshoe around the two Easedales, keeping to high ground, and includes the Central Fells’ highest point, High Raise before looping back over Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag.
This week's Friday Night Video whisks us back to Val-David, Quebec, in the Autumn of 1958. Two daring young climbers embark on the ascent of a route that seemed unattainable, resembling a roof suspended in the air, defying all the conventions of the time....
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