Facing my FEARS hiking in the Lake District!

I came to the Lake District National Park to face my fears. 5 years ago we went hiking in the lake district to take on the Lords Rake, Sca Fell. However, when we got to the bottom of the scramble we turned back. We bottled it.

We ended up turning left at Mickledore and climbing Scafell Pike instead. Despite reaching the Scafell Pike Summit, it has always bugged me we never took on the gnarly Scafell climb.

It was great to return to the Wasdale Valley. I love this area with the largest mountains in England in full view. Personally, I think the best way to summit Sca Fell is from Wasdale Head. I ascending up the tourist route before vearing off right up to Mickledore. From here I dropped back down and traversed underneath Symonds Knot before reaching the Lords Rake. Full of adrenalin, I made my way up to the top.

To be honest, once I got started I was absolutely fine. For me, it's the lead up. It was a fantastic experience that I would highly recommend. My tips would be to climb scafell on a dry day, take a friend, take your time and potentially take climbing helmets to.

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I will definitely ascend via Lord's Rake again but next time I'll probably turn off after the main part of the Lords Rake to take on The West Wall Traverse to summit Scafell.

I was also testing out some new hiking gear including the new Quechua MH900 rucksack https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/25-l-mo...
and the new Quechua MH500 LIGHT
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men's-m...

As always, their hiking gear is excellent value for money and performs brilliantly.

Gear I also used:
OMM Tee
Fjallraven Shorts
Darn Tough Socks

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Thanks, Andy.

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