Wainwright trivia

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[5] Your favourite Wainwright [?]

Catstye Cam...

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[6] Your favourite route of ascent to a Wainwright [?]

....by the northwest ridge from Brown Cove then Swirral Edge to
Helvellyn...
....or the High Level route on Pillar.

John D.
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You should check out The Hill Walker's Register, maintained by the LDWA. You
will find answers to most of your questions there.

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A few questions to the group about Wainwrights:

[1] Average time to complete the round of 214 Wainwrights[?]

[2] Estimated number of completee's (must be very high if over 3,000+
have completed all Munro's] [?]

[3] Most climbed Wainwright [?]

[4] Least climbed Wainwright [?]

[5] Your favourite Wainwright [?]

[6] Your favourite route of ascent to a Wainwright [?]

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[1] Average time to complete the round of 214 Wainwrights[?]

I have done most of them over 25 years, never felt need to
complete.

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[2] Estimated number of completee's (must be very high if over 3,000+
have completed all Munro's] [?]

possibly less than Munros.

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[3] Most climbed Wainwright [?]

Has to be Scafell Pike

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[4] Least climbed Wainwright [?]

Mungrisedale Common?

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[5] Your favourite Wainwright [?]

Yewbarrow

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[6] Your favourite route of ascent to a Wainwright [?]

up the nose of Yewbarrow from the south.
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[3] Most climbed Wainwright [?]

Has to be Scafell Pike"

The great man himself seemed to think that it was Helvellyn, however
I'm inclined to agree with you!

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A few questions to the group about Wainwrights:

I don't recognise the classification.

Chris

On 28 Feb 2005 00:28:20 -0800, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>
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| A few questions to the group about Wainwrights:

I have never looked up what or which a "Wainwright" is.
I do not *collect* hills in any form though I have almost certainly climbed
several Wainwrights.

I just have a map and compass. If the hill/countryside looks interesting I
will go there.

--
Dave F

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Has to be Scafell Pike"

The great man himself seemed to think that it was Helvellyn, however
I'm inclined to agree with you!

he was probably right when he said it, now we have the 3 peaks
:-)
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Following up to Chris Gilbert

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A few questions to the group about Wainwrights:

I don't recognise the classification.

its only slightly less logical than the original Munros.
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Following up to Dave Fawthrop

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I have never looked up what or which a "Wainwright" is.

the hills in the set of excellent, in fact unsurpassed, guide
books.

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I do not *collect* hills in any form though I have almost certainly climbed
several Wainwrights.

If you have climbed anything in the ELD you will have done,
unless you chose Ladyside Pike avoiding all hills round it.
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Mike Reid
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I just have a map and compass. If the hill/countryside looks

interesting I

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will go there.

That's great if you're time rich......plus live locally!

However when you're relatively pushed for time and live four hours
drive away, Wainwrights Books help maximise the experience.....

The great man had time (via his books, it seems he spent virtually
every weekend from 1955 to 1966) to provide great help for a LD novice
("me"😉 to gain great insight into the area prior to exploration....

The Reids said:

its only slightly less logical than the original Munros.

Agreed :-)

Here's a question, though. Did AW actually create a list or
is it just something that his readership have extrapolated
from his books. 'Munros' is a foreshortening of 'Hugh Munro's
Tables of Scottish Mountains in excess of 3000 ft in height'
or somesuch. Is there an AW equivelant ?

Chris

Following up to Chris Gilbert

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Here's a question, though. Did AW actually create a list or
is it just something that his readership have extrapolated
from his books. 'Munros' is a foreshortening of 'Hugh Munro's
Tables of Scottish Mountains in excess of 3000 ft in height'
or somesuch. Is there an AW equivelant ?

Not by him, unless you count the list of hills in the front of
each volume. somebody did an index volume later.
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Not by him, unless you count the list of hills in the front of
each volume. somebody did an index volume later.

Just found

http://www.wainwright.org.uk/challenge/index.html

Challenge for numerous walkers during the period 14-21 May 2005 to walk
all 214 + Outliers.

Yes, I wonder how many people have only walked the big three?

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:44:03 +0000, The Reids <[email hidden]>
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| Following up to Dave Fawthrop
|
| >I have never looked up what or which a "Wainwright" is.
|
| the hills in the set of excellent, in fact unsurpassed, guide
| books.

Never bother with guide books in any shape or form.
Having read maps for 50 years, they tell me all I need to know.

| >I do not *collect* hills in any form though I have almost certainly climbed
| >several Wainwrights.
|
| If you have climbed anything in the ELD you will have done,
| unless you chose Ladyside Pike avoiding all hills round it.

No! I said I do not *collect* hills, only *climb* them.

--
Dave F

Dave Fawthrop said:

Never bother with guide books in any shape or form.
Having read maps for 50 years, they tell me all I need to know.

Maybe all you need to know, but not all that's useful and interesting
to know. Wainwright's guides are superb both on the hill (better than
any map) or when you're tucked up in your tent, or even when you can't
get out walking.

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On 28 Feb 2005 05:01:08 -0800, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

| > I just have a map and compass. If the hill/countryside looks
| interesting I
| > will go there.
|
| That's great if you're time rich......plus live locally!
|
| However when you're relatively pushed for time and live four hours
| drive away, Wainwrights Books help maximise the experience.....

OMG management talk on the hills now.

| The great man had time (via his books, it seems he spent virtually
| every weekend from 1955 to 1966) to provide great help for a LD novice
| ("me"😉 to gain great insight into the area prior to exploration....

I much prefer to *explore* rather than follow a route.
Best walking I had was to walk round the outside of the Crater wall in
Aden.
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look at the background in the photo named Crater City.

The crater wall was about 5 miles long made of clinker you needed to have
three things on the ground and one moving, on a 45% slope. Paths? never
heard of them.

Took me several *weeks* to find a route, and it was a whole day to get
round it all when I knew the route

--
Dave F

"Having read maps for 50 years, they tell me all I need to know."

Unless I've missed something, a map of the hills is just a load of
contours.

Within the contours you could miss something bigger than a house!!!!!
It just wouldn't register......

I suppose it totally depends what YOU need to know?

".....or even when you can't get out walking."

Yep! Helps relive the experience when back in the flat fenlands of
Cambridgeshire.....