Hello,
So I want to tackle some fells but I'm 21 and a half stone at only 5 foot 8. I did Latrigg from Keswick and found it quite challenging at the start where it was steepest but manageable and I got up the rest of it. It made me huff and puff some of the way but I wasn't tired at the end of it and could have gone further.
Then I tried Loughrigg fell from moss common which was easy until I came to the stone "steps" at NY 342056
and I watched much lighter people than me slip and stumble on the way down which worried me about coming back (it's a lot harder to stop at my size), plus they looked like they went on forever (you can't see how high they go in the photograph but if you know Loughrigg you will know they go on for a lot more than the photographed bit). I think it's a bit much to expect myself to go up those steps and Loughrigg is supposed to be an easy fell.
But I could cope with Latrigg OK so there's probably other fells I could cope with. Can someone who knows the fells well offer any opinions? Thanks!