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Quoted message said:Hi
Just a quick visit from a novice, albeit middle aged,
walker. I am looking to walk East West or vice versa,
Langdale to Down in he Dale. Taking in Mickledore, Scafell
Pike, Esk Hause, Angle Tarn and the Cumbria Way.
Has anyone recommendations for which way? I imagine I
would prefer the worst ascents early on.
When calculating the ascents do you just sum across the
contour lines going up and ignore descents to gauge the
severity?
That is a reasonable guide. Of course the total is the same
whichever way round you go.
Quoted message said:
It looks like 13km total but I don't know how to judge
extra time on ascents. Just like the poster in another
thread I found the SW path from Carlyon Bay to Mevagissey
enjoyable but I under estimated the extra amount of time
on the ups and downs.
Naysmith's Rule is oft quoted. Or you can use Tupper's[1]
rule which works well for walks which are composed of
flat paths and steep-ish hill climbs (and not so well on
gentle slopes):
The hill section should take about 1 hour per 250m to ascend
and descend. So if you have 750m of climb, you will take 3
hours to complete the walk. It takes about twice as long to
go up then to go down so I think of it as 40mins per 250m
climb and 20mins per 250m of descent.
To that you have to add the time it takes to walk along
the flatter sections - probably something like 10-15
mins per Km.
[1] not found in any textbook.
--
Adrian
