AK350Z Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 4am. Alarm goes off. 4.30am Throw kit in car, set off for Wasdale. 5am. Arrive at Wasdale, begin walking/shuffling upwards. 5.15am Realise moon is so bright, head-torches barely required. 6am 1000ft up, amazingly clear. 7.00am Reach the col at Mickledoor and begin the short scramble up. 7:15am Reach the col to find great views south and first light. 7:20am Set off along the ridge towards the top 7:30am Looking backwards to the col and "Fudge Mountain" 7:45am Getting near the summit 8:55am Arrive on Scafell Pike summit with just over ten minutes to spare before sunrise. 8.10am Watch the sun rise from Englands highest peak. 8.20am Time to start heading back down before the frostbite sets in! 9.10am Back down below the snowline, feeling tired but happy. 10.00am Arrive back at the car, greatly amused that we are finishing just as everyone else is arriving! 3 Quote
Humpy Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 That AK is awesome, must of been fantastic sitting up there watching the sun rise Quote
DoogyRev Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Really stunning pics, well worth the effort of getting up early on a sunday morning Quote
Jay Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Andy big respect to you....... but your a mad man lol Quote
glrnet Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Swimming off the North Coast of Scotland any time soon? Quote
AK350Z Posted December 2, 2012 Author Posted December 2, 2012 Ostensibly, its our 7th year "anniversary" (Still not married), and as we officially started on a walk nearby, we though we'd make an effort to have a mini adventure to celebrate. Hot Ribena stood in for any booze! Quote
Wasso Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 That is epic and a shame you didn't have a Zed in each pic for the calendar. What happens on fudge mountain then? Quote
manphibian Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 What happens on fudge mountain then? :lol: You don't wanna know Awesome. Respect for that. I did Snowdon via Crib Goch last month, and as a rank amateur i was shitting myself the whole time If there was snow i'd have died Quote
Sam Mcgoo Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Very Its nice the two of you can share that sort of thing. Looking at that took me back to when I was teenager. I did a few weeks 'outward bound' at various places including Ullswater and we trekked up there. It was mighty impressive! However, I wasn't very well at the time, and I had to take a dump in the snow at the summit. It was nice to give something back. Quote
JetSet Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Great pics!! I walked up to the top of Ingelborough on Christmas Day a few decades ago (and spent Boxing Day in bed with a fever). Pete Quote
bronzee Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Great pics Andy. Was going to say, must be something worthwhile to be up at 4am, reading the thread title. Happy Anniversary. Quote
Ebized Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Utterly bonkers........... ..............but huge respect Quote
Keyser Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Andy big respect to you....... but your a mad man lol What he said - great pics and very but mad! Quote
AK350Z Posted December 3, 2012 Author Posted December 3, 2012 That is epic and a shame you didn't have a Zed in each pic for the calendar. What happens on fudge mountain then? Have you seen the Jonny Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Quote
rabbitstew Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Very nice. I wish my morning was as exciting. Mine goes more like: 4:00am - Cat wakes me up demanding breakfast - try to ignore him. 4:30am - Cat getting increasingly more violent in his attempts to make me get up & feed him, so i give in, give him his breakfast and go back to bed 5:15am - Just manage to drop back off to sleep. 5:25am - Wife`s alarm goes off and she then snoozes it every 10minutes on the dot until 6:30am. 5:30am - Cant get back to sleep because of the above so i get up, pack my lunch, shovel endless amounts of cat sh!t into the wheelie bin, clean house, do washing up etc. etc. 6:30am - Wife gets up moaning ive been making too much noise cleaning. 7:00am - Iron shirt, have shower, check work emails, have breakfast. 8:00am - Leave for work, which is a 42mile journey 10:10am - Arrive work work having spent over 2 hours stuck in traffic. Quote
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