Whernside

Dobbo (left) and me (right) at the summit of Whernside, the highest mountain we had climbed at the time (26th Oct 06). It was so cold our camera packed in shortly after!

Whernside (736m/ 2415ft)- the highest mountain in Yorkshire- seen from Simon Fell (650m), Ingleborough's eastern summit.


Here a a couple of photos from a great trip to the dales Jake, Dobbo and I went on to climb Whernside and Mount Ingleborough. Despite what most walkers think, Whernside is a great mountain, especialy in terms of shape and views and is made far more fun if one forsakes the vile tourise route and ascends directly up the E (Skelside) Face for a superp grassy scramble. Sod majority of opinion, it is a grand mountain well worth climbing.
Photo- wise, is it just me or are there hardly any good quality photos of Whernside on the web? I hope this one will sort that out!
Bo

Bo gets eaten by a hill

Having had a crap day on Saturday getting rid of a hangover, I decided to go for a good ard bog-trot up Abby Clough and over Middle Moss out above Ladybower in Peakland. All went well with some superb scrambling in Abby Clough (though it isn't recomended to anyone without an appetite for lose rock and heather) and a fantastic walk over Middle Moss- the largest moor and remotest part of Peakland behind Howden Edge without seeing a soul.
Anyway, on my plod over Peat Street to Back Tor messed up crossing a peat bog and suddenly ended up to my neck in thick peat. Being completely alone miles from anywhere i was in trouble, but luckily got my muddy self out efore I went completely under. Cetainly an unforgettable, though unwanted experiance.
With a bit of luck this story should keep those who know me off the moor, leaving it nice and quiet for me!!!
ps- the photo is a rare one from Brunsten Croft Ridge looking west to Howden Edge with High Stones (l), the wilderness moor of Middle Moss (c) and Magery Hill (r), taken before my fall in the bog.
Bo the bogtrotter

Robertson n.o.2

Ah yes, Jake's technophobic twin, Bo has finally figured out how to work these things. Whopppeee!
Anyway, I don't wear eyliner, have an even worse love life than Jake and am addicted to hill walking. As we are so similar (goddam it!!!), here are a few differences between us:

Jake wears eyeliner
Bo doesnt
Jake is a skilled writer
Bo can just write long rants (though i got 6 A* in my GCSE English coursework!)
Jake is smaller than Bo
Bo is better at climbing than Jake
Jake is phisicaly fitter in terms of climbing uphill than Bo
Bo has stronger arms than Jake
Jake's favourute bands are NOFX and My Chemical Romance
Bo's are NOFX and Bad Religion
Is that enough things to show we are diffenrent from each other, not just two 'identical twins' (though we are) who are two of the same person?
Bo the technophobe