If you've got 20 minutes or so to spare then there's an interesting
episode of Radio 4's Open Country playing on BBC iPlayer with
the presenter heading up Helvellyn with one of the Weatherline
felltop assessors.
Striding Edge in winter conditions
The episode was originally broadcast last weekend - Saturday 26
January - in the wake of the two fatal accidents on the mountain and
makes interesting listening with the presenter seemingly astonished
by the nastiness of the weather. Some sound advice in there as well,
particularly if you're a newcomer to winter walking with input from the Patterdale MRT leader and the fell-top assessor.
Interestingly the ex-marine fell-top assessor reckons he can climb
to the summit of the mountain in an hour if he pushes it. Don't try that at home, kids ;-)
You can find the programme on BBC iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk.
tarp man
