Cordee FRCC Climbing Guide Book: Eastern Crags

FRCC Climbing Guide Book: Eastern Crags


The Eastern Fells: Thirlmere, north to Carrock Fell and south to Kendal, east to Patterdale and beyond to the Far Eastern Fells, are home to some fantastic crags; Castle Rock, Raven Crag (both of them) and Dove to name but a few. 

And these in turn boast some of the best known climbs in the Lake District; Overhanging Bastion, Fast and Furious, Totalitarian, Liquid Engineering – the list goes on… and on. 

Almost all these routes are ‘trad’, though a handful of quarry climbs are bolted. Grades range from Moderate to E9 (and F7b+ in the case of bolted routes).

 The line of nearly every route described is shown on a superb series of photodiagrams; not only a great aid to finding your climb, but a real source of inspiration when it comes to choosing which crag to visit.

In addition there are sections on just about everything a climber might find useful in a guidebook, from a list of Climbing Walls for a wet day, to a comprehensive History and First Ascents List. Interspersed throughout is a superb selection of action photographs.

New routes and comments are recorded at: Eastern Crags



In recent years, 10% of the profit from FRCC guidebook sales has been donated to various national bodies, such as the BMC Access & Conservation Trust and the National Trust, for use in conservation and access work in the Lake District. 

Much of the remaining profit is channelled back into future guidebook production, with the high-selling areas supporting the lesser selling ones. 

The guidebook production team are all volunteers and are not paid for the many, many hours of work involved.