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Gordale ice climbing

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Yorkshire-Dales Winter-Climbing

Gordale ice climbing
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17th December 2022

It was cold but it had not occurred to me that Gordale Scar would be frozen. Olly Roberts however knew differently so we met up early and wandered up the Scar. It was toffee like ice, which apparently is good, but it also had water flowing underneath it, which apparently is not good.

The sound of water flowing underneath the ice not pictured
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Jonathan Tompkins
I’m an outdoor pursuits instructor living in the Yorkshire Dales and I go mountain biking, road cycling, bikepacking, caving, winter mountaineering and climbing. And I like cheesecake.