Nowt Burra Flee'in Thing | E8 Trad climb at Wasdale Screes

United Kingdom / England / Cumberland / Seascale

Quick Info

Grade E8
Type Trad climb
Crag Wasdale Screes
Country United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Rock type Rhyolite
History
First ascent Dave Birkett (May 2005)
Recorded repeats 4

Quick Info

Grade E8
Type Trad climb
Crag Wasdale Screes
Country United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Rock type Rhyolite
History
First ascent Dave Birkett (May 2005)
Recorded repeats 4
Contributors
15 contributions since 4th December 2021.

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Ascents

5 successful ascents recorded.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
First ascent.

The name comes from a quote from Will Ritson, an innkeeper in Wasdale in the 1800s:

There's nobbut ya way up scaafell crags...an nowt but a fleein thing could git up't crags...never neahbody he'd getten up there, an neahbody nivver wad. [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C8KTuRoqehd/

[2] https://www.threads.com/@climbonlinecouk/post/DLp6wUgNa-R

Chris Fisher Lead | worked 14th Sep 2013
Jon Freeman Lead | worked 2nd Sep 2017
Calum Coldwell-Story Lead | worked 2nd Sep 2017
Craig Matheson Lead | worked 29th Jun 2019