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Hel·vel·lyn

 (hĕl-vĕl′ən)
A mountain, 950 m (3,117 ft) high, in the Lake District of northwest England.
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Helvellyn

(hɛlˈvɛlɪn)
n
(Placename) a mountain in NW England, in the Lake District. Height: 949 m (3114 ft)
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Next they laced up their hiking boots to conquer Helvellyn via Swirral Edge in the Lake District.
Mr Pilling said: ""I managed to find the dogs by chance with the fog lifting just in time as I was on bullet hard ice on the Swirral edge exit.
Next they will lace up their hiking boots to conquer Helvellyn via Swirral Edge in the Lake District.
On day one, the team will swim a section of Loch Lomond, before hiking up the narrow ridge Helvellyn via Swirral Edge in the Lake District.
It was taken from Swirral Edge in Albany, Washington, at around 2.20am on September 2.
The 27-year-old, from Fairfield, Stockton, was climbing with a friend when he slipped from Swirral Edge on the mountain.
He fell almost 300ft from the steep Swirral Edge ridge into Brown Cove, escaping injury.
They were targeted while parked in the Mandeville, Langdale, Swirral Edge, Hertburn Gardens, Cotswold Close areas of Washington between Friday and Monday.
The drama was witnessed by a fellow walker at Swirral Edge on Helvellyn - England's third highest peak at 3,117ft.
Everton fan Philip Ashton, 43, from Haydock, near St Helens, was walking along Swirral Edge, at Helvellyn, in the Lake District, when the accident happened on December 30.
On the way down, we encountered another craggy ridge known as Swirral Edge, which though less steep than Striding Edge, is still quite tricky and care should be taken as you complete the Helvellyn horseshoe.
Peter Flint, 60, who had been walking Helvellyn with his daughter Rosie, broke his neck, his back and several ribs in a 100ft fall from Swirral Edge.