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[30th April 1955]
turned in fairly comfortably at about
8.0 pm.
[underlined] May 1st 1955 [/underlined]  We all woke at 5.45 â”€ it
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had been a mild night fortunately, and
we were to be blessed with the perfect
autumn day â”€ cloudless, windless and
mild. We got away from camp
fairly early and by crossing the
stream and 150 yards or so of heath
we came onto the track which had
previously led Max and I so far
astray. We turned right and walked
up stream to the weir (9.30) and then
on the route we took previously to
the lunch-time ledge (where we had
thought of camping) at 10.30. After
a beer we left our packs and walked
up the stream, eastwards, on the south
bank. It became almost gorge-like
in parts and we eventually climbed
to a rocky outcrop and surveyed our
position. We were I suppose â…” of