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Honister Crag

Date ... Saturday, 29 September 2007
Distance ... 2.0 miles
Ascent ... 1000 feet
Time ... 2 hours 30 mins
Summits ... Honister Crag - 2020'
Start ... Honister Slate Mine Visitor Centre (NY224135)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº7 by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 0718140060)


Looking back to Honister Pass

Looking back to Honister Pass

Sheena, Andrew and Sarah, taking a breather before the fun started

Sheena, Andrew and Sarah, taking a breather before the fun started

The exit from the first section of tunnels

The exit from the first section of tunnels

Looking up at the hardest section of the  route

Looking up at the hardest section of the  route

The ladder, leading up to the bridge

The ladder, leading up to the bridge

Sarah crossing the bridge, and Andrew just getting to the top of the ladder

Sarah crossing the bridge, and Andrew just getting to the top of the ladder

Sarah, moving her safety line up the 'wire' at the top of the 'hard' section

Sarah, moving her safety line up the 'wire' at the top of the 'hard' section

Looking down on to the Honister Pass road, its a long way down

Looking down on to the Honister Pass road, its a long way down

Again looking back to Honister pass, this time from higher up the crag

Again looking back to Honister pass, this time from higher up the crag

Andrew being brave and testing out his safety harness, from about half way up the crag

Andrew being brave and testing out his safety harness, from about half way up the crag

Looking back out of the entrance to the second tunnel

Looking back out of the entrance to the second tunnel

Almost at the top of the crag

Almost at the top of the crag

Looking back to Honister pass from the top of the crag

Looking back to Honister pass from the top of the crag

Looking across to Great Gable from the summit of Honister Crag

Looking across to Great Gable from the summit of Honister Crag

Looking down into Buttermere, from the summit of Honister Crag

Looking down into Buttermere, from the summit of Honister Crag