There is a Falcon’s nest with unfledged young near the belay at the top of pitch 4. Please avoid the route/belay until 15th July to allow the young to leave the nest.
Welcome to the new FRCC website layout. The site also has a raft of new features to support, in particular, the climbing related pages. Hopefully the new style will be well received. Please feel free to comment below with your feedback or any queries… There are loads of “behind the scenes” enhancements to the website. […]
The latest issue of Country Walking contains a five page spread on the Great Gable Memorial Walk with quotes from Peter Smith and Chris Sherwin.
“Nowt but a fleein’ thing” is joint runner up in the Lakeland Book of the Year Awards. Out of 70 books entered for the Lakeland Book of the Year Award the FRCC book “Nowt but a fleein” thing” won the Latitude Press Award for the “Best Illustration and Production” class. It was then awarded joint […]
New Publication by FRCC – Available soon in the eShop: A History of Climbing on Scafell by Al Phizacklea and Mike Cocker Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington CBE In 1874 George Seatree and Stanley Martin made the first ascent of North Climb, which was the first time the main face of Scafell had been ascended […]