Boulder Trundling in the Fells

[XRunner]

So who has indulged in this aspect of the sport?

Boulder trundling may be defined as the propulsion [by humans] of fragments of the earth's crust down mountain slopes of suitable inclination sooner than would occur from the interaction of natural forces

The above definition is from the interesting book "From Kinder Scout to Kathmandu. A Rucksack Club Anthology. 1907-1986"

[Grouse]

Saw a fair bit of this at Jura, bit of an extreme sport depending on which side of the boulder you're on.

[Mad Dog]

So who has indulged in this aspect of the sport?

Probably a fair proportion of the people who do the Borrowdale race.


Woof!

[Margarine]

Can act as a good incentive to go up (or down) a bit faster !!!

[haworth hobbler]

one of the greatest of these in the british isles has to be the great stone shute in the Cullins, on skye. came down off the tops this way, fantastic scree run, (if there is any left, it was some years ago!). don't take the dog though, mine couldn't work out why the ground moved!

[Fnstein]

So who has indulged in this aspect of the sport?



The above definition is from the interesting book "From Kinder Scout to Kathmandu. A Rucksack Club Anthology. 1907-1986"

Last night I read about this pastime in a climbing anthology "The games climbers play". The article was from about 1932 and seem to involve deliberately propelling large boulders down steep slopes. Completely reprehensible but fantastic fun (not that I would ever do such a thing )

[RichT]

We had a conversation with a gentleman waiting to assist one of the BG teams over Broad Stand last weekend who had been up to Lord's Rake this winter with the serious intention of trundling the troublesome unstable boulder. Now that would be a trundle! Where would it stop?

I've had some enjoyable sessions on moraines in the Himalaya, deliberately sending cubic metre boulders downhill but none compare to the natural rockfalls that you witness in the big hills!

[Fellhound]

I would like to make it known that I have no association with trundling in this context.

Its stupid and reprehensible. It's not big and it's not clever....

[Full Moon Addict]

try the direct descent of buachaille etive mor to glen etive. its okay to start withbut then you get on to really bad boulders. one to do alone ...

[IainR]

one of the greatest of these in the british isles has to be the great stone shute in the Cullins, on skye.

Not really there any more. The Paddy Buckley descent gully off Glyder Fach was supposedly another great scree run which is now a loose mess.