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132 THE FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB JOURNALthe summit is the hard, pinkish granophyre. These dovetailinto each other, and a geologist once described Carrock as beingprobably very like, in section, to one of those puzzling jazzsponge cakes. These main rocks are cut by faults, mineral veinsand dykes; and there are now living in the villages at thefoot of the fell families whose fathers came from Cornwall towork in its mines. Wolfram, tungsten, molybdenite, bismuth,tourmaline, corundum, copper pyrites, calcite in many forms,mica, and various ores containing lead, arsenic and iron areamong the minerals found here—and some are found here onlyin all the British Isles.But for many of us, the continuous human interest of thiswonderful little fell outweighs that of its structure, for man hasmade his home here from a far distant past. Upon its summit(2,174 f eet ) i s an enclosure of about seven acres. Its origin,purpose and age are unknown as yet. It may be an Iron AgeHill Fort, and if so is the only one in this part of Britain. All weare sure of is that the great dykes of loose stone were made byhuman hands, as was the double tumulus towards the east endof the enclosure. But on the moorlands round the feet of Carrockare very numerous tumuli and artificial heaps of stone—over200 having been noted and mapped—and this last summer wehad the thrill of a small bit of excavation. One tumulus provedto be a burial, containing burnt bones and much charcoal with ascrap of copper among them and some copper slag; while theother, originally a saucer-shaped depression, is a beautifullittle stone structure—a hut, we hope. Carrock teems withunrevealed secrets and unsolved problems.I climbed Carrock in deep snow, more years ago than Ican quite remember. But I first went there to look for a playgroundwith Franz Knefel on May 1st, 1927, and found one, andwent again in August with George and Arthur Wood-Johnson;since when we have had many a day on its kindly rocks.The climbing is all on the east face, and its rocks are dividedinto three groups, the best of them as yet explored being thefarthest south. There is one gully, which I climbed in 1927 withFred Power. I think it is often climbed by shepherds andseekers for the falcons which nest there ; but it is wet and looseand not worth attention as a climb. North of it is a good buttress,giving three pitches of 30 or 40 feet each. I have only done it
CARROCK FELL 133alone and under bad conditions last September, and it is not yetmeasured, nor were the best routes taken.South of the gully and starting from its screes is the " EightyFoot Slab," a pleasant little climb, perhaps " difficult" for thelower part, but only deserving of iis name if continued ratherartificially by some ledges to the right. This mass of rock isbounded to the south by Further Gill Sike. Just north of thisand exactly above Stone Ends Farm is one of the best climbs onCarrock; we call it the "Three Tier Climb," by virtue ofmaking three pitches of it. The lowest of three small outcropsis an overhang, and only a moderate boulder problem; thesecond is a small buttress, negotiable in several ways from easyto very difficult. The third outcrop is the gem of the collection,having a chimney which long defied us, and cost at least onesprained ankle. The solution was found by Tony Musgravelast year and the whole climb led.South of the Sike, the face of the hill is traversed by " TheTrod," an old track which is lost in bog towards the top, butis evidently making for the south gate of the Fort. Below, it istraceable nearly to Linewath Ford (where a fine bronze spearheadwas found), being cut by the present road. Above the Trodis an outcrop we christened " The Glacier," because when wefirst visited it in March, 1931, it gave pleasant ice-sport, and welonged for the axes we had not got. T. Musgrave, N. Ridyardand I climbed it on July 9th, 1932, and made the following notes:The Glacier.A variety of fairly difficult routes can be made up 50 feet ofwaterworn slabs. Whichever line is taken, it will end beneatha large overhang. A way from under this can be made upwardsto the left. At the right end of the overhang it seems that a routecould be made straight over it. The present party followed thecrack beneath the overhang into the second of two small gullies,which was descended with difficulty (T.M.) and followed up tothe top by 40 feet of easy scrambling (M.B.).On the same day we explored some of the finer climbs to thesouth and beneath the Trod, and made the following notes:Juniper Crack.Situated just above a thorn tree above the largest boulders,a very obvious V crack. 10 feet difficult to a mantle shelf.25 feet of slab.
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LONDON SECTION 221This year, 1933,
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