Having ridden to work and back on Wednesday and got a good 2 hour stamina session in on the wall in the evening, and having done a brutal hill rep session on Brantrake last night (4 x 6-7 minute uphill efforts) I was supposed to have a rest day today, but P had taken the day off to go find some snowy gullies to climb and I couldn't join him 'cos of meetings this morning.
So I decided that a walk up Kirkfell wouldn't be too much! I dug out my old plastics as that was what my crampons where set up for and the ice axe. Left work at lunch and dashed up Wasdale. I had forgotten how much I'm used to fell shoes and not big boots anymore. The pain!! Nothing to do with hill reps last night - all to do with my inflexible calf muscles and ankles and the steep solid ground!
It was a slow trog up the nose, with only patches of snow. I didn't see any other prints even on the summit. The cloud was billowing up from the north, but it was a beautiful sight. I had decided that this had to be a short afternoon and not turn into a big trog, as is my want!! So I bimbled down to Beckhead and then down to the valley again.
More soon...
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