The Lakes Classic Rock Round

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The Lakes Classic Rock Round is a challenge of climbing all the Lakeland routes in Ken Wilson's Classic Rock compendium, on foot. The challenge starts before the first route and ends when the last has been climbed. Note, the routes can be climbed in any order and either bottom-to-top or top-to-bottom. Typically attempts go south-to-north ending with Little Chamonix at Shepherd's Crag.

History[]

The first-known people to have completed the round in under 24-hours are Mike Van Gulik, Dave Willis and Tim Gould, in 1993. However they made use of an automobile.[1]

The Route[]

The challenge is approximately 65 km with 4300m of elevation.

The usual route climbs the routes in this order:

Order Crag Route Grade Height
(Meters)		 Pitches Page Number*
1 Dow Crag Murray's Route S 4a 74 4 124
2 Gimmer Crag Ash Tree Slabs VD 48 2 86
3 Gimmer Crag 'C' Route S 4b 62 3 82
4 Gimmer Crag Bracket and Slab Climb VS 4b 97 5 79
5 Bowfell Bowfell Buttress HS 4b 106 6 100
6 Scafell Crag Jone's Route Direct from Lord's Rake HS 4b 54 4 200
7 Scafell Crag Moss Ghyll Grooves VS 4c 79 4 195
8 The Napes Tophet Wall HS 4b 75 3 241
9 The Napes Needle Ridge VD 114 5 246
10 The Napes The Wasdale Crack HS 4c 17 2 246
11 Pillar Rib and Slab Climb HS 4b 90 4 283
12 Pillar New West Climb VD 87 5 286
13 Gillercombe Gillercombe Buttress S 4a 195 7 391
14 Black Crag Troutdale Pinnacle S 105 6 364
15 Shepherd's Crag Little Chamonix VD 71 4 354

* Wired Guides, Lake District Rock, 2015

Fastest Known Times[]

Date Party Time
(hh:mm:ss)		 Improvement
(hh:mm:ss)
2020-09-19 Will Birkett 10:41:00[2] 00:29:00
2020-09-18 Tom Randall 11:10:00[2] 00:40:00
2020-08-31 Will Birkett 11:50:00[3] 00:12:36
2020-08-09 Tom Randall 12:02:36[4] 00:51:24
2020-05-? Will Birkett, Callum Coldwell-Storry 12:54:00[4] 00:31:00
2019-04-23 Chris Fisher 15:25:00[5] 00:52:00
2005-10-16 Mark Thomas 16:17:00[6] 03:21:00
2005 Nick Wharton, Brian Davidson 19:38:00 -

References[]

  1. ^ "Lakeland Classic Rock Challenge". mountainrun.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lakes Classic Rock Record set (again) by Tom Randall, smashed by Will Birkett". ukclimbing.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Lakes Classic Rock Record Broken (again) by Will Birkett". ukclimbing.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tom Randall Breaks Lakes Classic Rock Round Record". ukclimbing.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Lakes Classic Rock Round Record broken by Chris Fisher". ukclimbing.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-11. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Lakeland Classic Rock Challenge - Record report". mountainrun.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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