Impact Day: Trad Climbing in the Lake District

On my trad climbing trip to the Lake District National Park, there’s one mountain crag that makes an impact. Pavey Ark scrambles like Jacks Rake are famous across the UK, but so are its hard trad classics.

Next door to the Neil Gresham test piece climb Lexicon, Impact Day is a trad climb with a reputation. With trad climbing repeats from Dave Macleod, Steve McClure, and Hazel Findlay it’s a climb for your tick list.

After a winter of sport climbing and bouldering, this trip was part of becoming a trad climber again. Back to trad climbing basics…or not! Instead I chose a hard climbing project like Impact Day…whilst trying not to fall climbing and make a real impact.