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SCRAMBLING a RIB of rock in the Lake District. Below: a PLUNGE STEP.
Crib Goch, par t of the SNOWDON Hor seshoe .
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by Neve: Hard snow-pack formed s. haw ze-t repeated free Nuttall: One of 443 hills in with England and Wales over 2,000ft . an all-round drop of at least 15m
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n’ Peak-bagging: The ‘collectio a wing follo lly of summits, usua s, prescribed list such as the Mar ilyn s. ight nwr Munros or Wai Plunge step: Downhill walking motion used in deep snow.
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cliff. Rib: Slender ridge of rock on a
een Saddle: A large, high pass betw two peaks. Scrambling: The grey area . between walking and rock-climbing
h Scree: Loose, broken rock whic ers. walk to s rdou haza can be Seven summits: The tallest mountains on each of the seven different continents. er Sherpa: Nepalese mountain port wor king at or above basecamp. n in Snowdon: The highest mountai 5m. 1,08 England and Wales at
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by Tarn: Body of water surrounded in an loch or loch a land (also called Scotland or an ilyn in Wales).
Wainwrights: Lake District ed hills with a chapter in one of Alfr the to e Guid l oria ‘Pict ’s ight Wainwr all. Lakeland Fells’. There are 214 in
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