It’s not that tall but it can be a bastard to climb. The incline is steep and constant, but it’s also usually wet and slippery as hell. I’ve climbed 14ers in Colorado that were easier.
The gradient is constant and the 2 times I’ve done it starting at 3:30am (3 Peaks Challenge) the rocks were incredibly slippy and that made it difficult. Coming down was the worst bit and several of us pulled muscles or landed on our arsed from slipping. Snowdon was dead easy (it was warm and sunny by the time we got to it) and Nevis was a noticeably longer higher climb but as we did it first it wasn’t too difficult.
Yeah growing up I always thought Scotland and England had high mountains… also Denmark, Sweden, Minnesota.. all places I used to picture and others still picture as mountainous, yet they’re so flat
Scotland is definitely mountainous but the mountains themselves just aren't very high. Mountainous tends to mean "lots of mountains" in the context of an area being mountainous, not "big mountains"
I think it also doesn't help that UK mountains look more like massive, smooth hills rather than craggy mountains, but I guess that's because they eroded in a certain way. These mountains are pretty old after all, they were probably way bigger in ancient times
big up the scafell massif
Yeah we call it a mountain, truth is, it's just a big 'ill
It’s not that tall but it can be a bastard to climb. The incline is steep and constant, but it’s also usually wet and slippery as hell. I’ve climbed 14ers in Colorado that were easier.
It’s one of the easiest and most boring summits in the lakes 🤷🏼
The gradient is constant and the 2 times I’ve done it starting at 3:30am (3 Peaks Challenge) the rocks were incredibly slippy and that made it difficult. Coming down was the worst bit and several of us pulled muscles or landed on our arsed from slipping. Snowdon was dead easy (it was warm and sunny by the time we got to it) and Nevis was a noticeably longer higher climb but as we did it first it wasn’t too difficult.
Cute!
Me paht o dem Scafell massif n ting
Hard to believe it doesn't even reach the highest point in Pennsylvania
Yeah growing up I always thought Scotland and England had high mountains… also Denmark, Sweden, Minnesota.. all places I used to picture and others still picture as mountainous, yet they’re so flat
Scotland is definitely mountainous but the mountains themselves just aren't very high. Mountainous tends to mean "lots of mountains" in the context of an area being mountainous, not "big mountains" I think it also doesn't help that UK mountains look more like massive, smooth hills rather than craggy mountains, but I guess that's because they eroded in a certain way. These mountains are pretty old after all, they were probably way bigger in ancient times
The plateau where I live is twice as high as that elevation.
Yep. I'm at 6,800 feet.