Reecastle in the rain!...

Ian (Yan) Boorman, Chris walker and I visited Reecastle today in less that perfect weather.

Sadly, the rain stopped play shortly after climbing 'Rack Direct' (E2 5b) and it was time to retire to Shepherd's Cafe for a quick brew. It now looks like the afternoon is brightening up, so it should be good this evening and tomorrow.

Unfortunately, there have been a couple of nasty accidents in the Lakes in recent days both a Lower Falcon crag. The first involved two experienced climbers, one of whom suffered a 15-20m fall after his ropes were cut by rock fall. The second involved a single climber who fell approximately 30m while abseiling after climbing the route 'Usurper'.

There is always much speculation about climbing accidents on the internet, but the reality is that incidents like this are few and far between. For details have a look at Keswick MRT's website. We wish them both a speedy recovery.