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The traverse of the summit ridge with its series of undulations is an exhilarating experience for the fell walker. The ridge includes the so-called "Bad Step", a steep declivity which catches out many walkers when travelling from north to south; however, the obstacle can be by-passed without too much
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The nomenclature of the various tops is very confused. Traditional guidebooks tend to rely on what the eye sees and therefore focus attention upon the five ‘crinkles’ of the summit ridge. These are generally referred to as the first to fifth crinkles, but
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employs both conventions, depending upon the direction of travel. For clarity in this article the first crinkle will be taken as the southernmost top. On this basis, the second
Crinkle (also called Long Top) is the true summit of the fell. The only other Crinkle with a definitive name is
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708:List of hills in the Lake District
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1510:Allen Crags
1376:Slight Side
1296:Great Carrs
1246:Allen Crags
729:Great Knott
573:Great Knott
469:Old English
429:Great Knott
145: /
120:Coordinates
88:Parent peak
1739:Categories
1655:Hard Knott
1565:Round Scar
1545:Black Crag
1470:Broad Crag
1326:Holme Fell
1316:Hard Knott
1311:Grey Friar
1306:Green Crag
1251:Black Fell
1189:9 February
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791:References
645:Dunnerdale
565:Hard Knott
556:Fellranger
506:hill lists
486:Wainwright
484:south and
479:Topography
322:Landranger
130:54°25′59″N
113:Wainwright
75:Prominence
1689:Side Pike
1619:Whin Rigg
1585:Hodge How
1570:Goat Crag
1555:Great How
1550:Bessyboot
1525:Cold Pike
1515:Glaramara
1475:Great End
1391:Whin Rigg
1386:Wetherlam
1381:Swirl How
1301:Great End
1291:Glaramara
1266:Cold Pike
1261:Brim Fell
657:Irish Sea
640:trouble.
617:Cold Pike
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276:, England
158:Geography
133:3°09′32″W
65:Elevation
48:Cold Pike
1755:Nuttalls
1664:Yew Bank
1624:Boat How
1505:Lingmell
1485:Esk Pike
1480:Bow Fell
1465:Ill Crag
1336:Lingmell
1286:Esk Pike
1281:Dow Crag
744:Sca Fell
686:See also
681:Panorama
526:Birketts
518:Nuttalls
497:and the
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416:NY250034
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398:NY249057
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362:NY248048
346:Grid ref
326:Explorer
324:89, 90,
314:Topo map
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270:Location
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1361:Scafell
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621:Eskdale
605:Bowfell
583:In his
579:Ascents
533:Bowfell
514:Hewitts
473:cringol
461:Cumbria
352:Status
300:OS grid
274:Cumbria
109:Nuttall
100:Listing
52:Bowfell
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635:Summit
349:Height
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