The Raven has landed

Raven Crag Gully

Borrowdale

Lake District

Amazing, the Little car park or field parking as you would say was clear nobody around. This filled us with great expectations, no other teams on the hill. Geared up and away up the combe, heading straight for adventure.

Making our way up the valley you can see Combe Gill at the top banked out with snow.

Raven crag is centre of the picture, the cleft in the rock face.

First pitch, getting the gear ready and we are off, superb climbing all the way. Dean leads the first pitch with me close behind. 

Looking back down from the first belay stance.

Deans just setting up the first belay anchor on pitch one.

Pitons in use today, best piece of kit ever made. Middle left we are using one of the beaks, amazing.

Next lead up to the chock stone then an easy right turn up a section of veer glass and out round the boulder.

Pitch 5, probably the best pitch of the climb. The whole route is an amazing climb, one of the best ive done.

This is well worth doing, it just keeps giving all the way to the top.

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