If it's Friday - and it certainly is - it must be time for the Friday Matinee, ourregular selection of streaming mountain videos. This week's theme isLake District scrambling, so lace up your virtual boots and get yourhands on some digital rock

Tryfan Bach, Snowdonia Grade: 3 (easy/mod climb) An ideal route for anyone making the step up from grade 2 to grade 3 scrambling with easy access

on Saturday 22 May. During the day, he'll beleading a scramble on CamCrag Ridge, which is graded I, II or III depending on theroute you choose.The day will start with a walk from Stonethwaite into the Langstrathvalley to the popular natural swimming pool

on the scrambly sections of Striding Edge.A short break by Red Tarn,Striding Edge runs along the skyline at the top of the photograph. Matchstick peoplesilhouetted against a bleached-out sky. That's where we were heading...Virtually all the difficulties

're on the summit ridge with the cairn a few stepsaway.Descent From Red Pike you can head back down via Little ScoatFell and Wind Gap, or continue round the horseshoe to the Black Sailpath. Alternatively you can get a final bit of scrambling in bytaking on Stirrup

. Whereto go?Most UK mountain areas have scrambles and guide books to match -see above and some of the articles on the site. Real scramblingfreaks will want to head for Scotland and its big alpine ridges likethe Aonach Eagach in Glencoe, Curved Ridge

Crib Goch? Na, done it about 20 times. Bristly Ridge? Ditto. Sowhat's next? Want to push it a bit further, great scrambling on goodrock, miss the crowds on the Horseshoe? You'll be wanting the Clogwyny Person arete then you will.So what is it? A

as it zig-zags steeply towards a rockface. Just before the base of the wall an easy scramble brings you backonto a zig-zag path between outcrops. Follow the meandering path fromside to side of the ridge till a final short and easy scramble bringsyou

individually in terms offit and comfort.Taking thefirst steps The first step in scrambling is to know where you're going and thatit's appropriate for your skill, experience and equipment. Most lowgrade scrambles follow ridge lines or gullys but this doesn

to the summit of the Old Man.Coniston Old Man Summit View, by Andy WallaceDescent The usual descent is via the tourist path down Coniston Old Man, but it's well worth knocking off Brim Fell via a short ridge walk if you're bagging Wainwrights. Caution Scrambling