GREAT GABLE FROM LINGMELL ” 146 THE RIDGES OF THE GREAT NAPES ” 153 THE UPPER PART OF THE NEEDLE RIDGE ” 156 THE GABLE NEEDLE ” 168 KERN KNOTTS CHIMNEY ” 178 KERN KNOTTS CRACK ” 184 THE SCREES AND WASTWATER ” 191 THE PAVEY ARK GULLIES FROM STICKLE TARN ” 208 DOE CRAG AND GOATSWATER ” 220 FIRST PITCH IN DOE CRAG, GREAT GULLY ” 225 THE EAST FACE OF THE PILLAR ROCK (viewed from the Shamrock) ” 257 ROUND THE NOTCH, PILLAR ROCK, EAST SIDE ” 267 THE NORTH FACE OF THE PILLAR ROCK ” 271 OVER THE NOSE--THE PILLAR ROCK ” 325 THE BROADRICK’S AND HOPKINSON’S CRACKS, DOE CRAG ” 376 OUTLINE DRAWINGS OF THE CHIEF ROUTES PLATE I. THE PIKE’S CRAG GULLIES _To face page_ 2 _Diagrammatic_ II. SCAWFELL FROM THE PULPIT ROCK ” 46 _From the photograph facing p. 26_ III. THE GREAT END GULLIES ” 94 _From the photograph facing p. 90_ IV. THE ENNERDALE FACE OF GREAT GABLE ” 135 _From the photograph facing p. 127_ V. THE GREAT NAPES RIDGES ” 161 _Diagrammatic_ VI. i. THE WASTWATER SCREES ” 203 _From the photograph facing p. 191_ ii. THE PAVEY ARK GULLIES ” 203 _From the photograph facing p. 208_ VII. DOE CRAG, CONISTON ” 370 _Diagrammatic_ VIII. PILLAR ROCK, EAST SIDE ” 242 _From the photograph facing p. 257_ IX. PILLAR ROCK, NORTH SIDE ” 254 _From the photograph facing p. 271_ X. PILLAR ROCK, WEST SIDE ” 318 INTRODUCTION