Thence to the parting of the ways was easy travelling, and an exit was made by the left-hand route. I returned two days after to fetch axe and rope, that had been left at the big pitch, but it was not until the Whitsuntide of 1896 that a suitable opportunity occurred of visiting Moss Ghyll at its best, for the purposes of comparison and of exploration of the direct finish. During that interval the climb had been repeated many times, and Moss Ghyll was by way of becoming ‘an easy day for a lady.’ Hot-headed youths would arrive fresh at Wastdale, inquire for the hardest thing about, and at the mention of Moss Ghyll would straightway fling themselves into the breach and by hook or crook wriggle themselves up and out in triumph. Others were unsuccessful, and it was always amusing to learn where the stupendous difficulty had arisen, where no mortal man could have gone further. The personal equation was always in evidence, both in the actual climbing and in the history thereof. [Illustration: PLATE II. SCAWFELL FROM THE PULPIT ROCK (p. 26). The height of Pisgah above the Lord’s Rake is about 520 feet. _a_ Scawfell Chimney. _b_ Broad Stand (p. 30). _c_ Penrith or North Climb (p. 40). _d_ Collier’s Climb. _e_ Keswick Brothers’ Climb. _f_ Moss Ghyll. _g_ Dr. Collie’s Variation-exit. _h_ Steep Ghyll. _j_ Pinnacle Climb from Lord’s Rake. _k_ Low Man. _l_ Scawfell Pinnacle (pp. 69 and 76). _m_ Pisgah. _n_ North Ridge of Pinnacle (p. 83). _p_ Lord’s Rake. _q_ Easy Terrace into Deep Ghyll. _r_ Great Chimney. _s_ Entrance to Deep Ghyll (p. 12). _t_ Rake’s Progress. _v_ Mickledore Screes. _w_ Mickledore. _x_ West Wall Climb (App.).]