Three Peaks 2: Scafell

Start in clear sky, 00.32′.
Started well, we paused to enjoy the crystal clear starry sky.
By about 650m we were walking into cloud. Hill fog dominated the rest of the walk and contributed to our problems. We, as mountain leaders failed this day. If we were leading a party on this hill, we let them down. This should never happen again. See later…
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The plan was to get back to the bus by 5am. We were disastrously late.

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