Quote Originally Posted by RogerM View Post
I'd appreciate some thoughts on leaving the new Middle Tongue checkpoint. Last year our group just straight lined it on a bearing, bashing over everything in the dark, eventually picking up the wall to the south of the checkpoint. Are there any options?
My plan is to head north easterly from the checkpoint passing above the wall that disects the hillside and then either turn slightly more easterly from there or carry on till the west to east fence line above, depending on the going under foot. Ideally I'll then be hooking straight east just after South Grain Tarn to get to the Hell Gap CP. Its a plan that will be pretty easy in clear conditions and a bit/a lot tougher in fog and/or after dark