Walking and Wild Camping: The Langdale Pikes and Troutbeck (from summer)
This was my third wild camp of the year. At the start of the year, I camped on Stickle Tarn, which sits beneath Harrison Stickle and Pavey Arc. My second camp of the year was the summit of Blencathra. And the camp described in this post marks a return to the Langdale Pikes, though instead of camping at Stickle Tarn, we set up camp on top of Harrison Stickle. The fact that there was scant room for a pitch mattered little, for the unseasonably hot weather allowed me to comfortably pass the night away in nothing but a sleeping bag. This wasn't a solo wild camp. My friend Alex, who lives in my hometown of Spennymoor, has accompanied me on all my wild camps. Since I now live in Lancashire, we arrived at our meeting point separately. But Alex was working a night shift the day before and wouldn't be arriving till 3pm. So I decided to set off early, to bag a couple of Wainwrights before the wild camp. I decided on Sour Howes and Sallows, as these can be ascended from Troutbeck, a sh