well Irish Carol and myself survived our Leg1 recce on Friday
we had a howling gale at our back on Blencathra, and when I pointed forwards and said to IC "Believe it or not the approved route is that way..." pointing into the abyss ahead, she looked at me like I either had no idea what I was talking about, or had gone mad.
I then pointed left towards the Doddick ridge and she said "that looks much more sensible"... so we went down Doddick!