After much planning the long awaited expedition to reach the heights of Nailsworths heighest mountain, 'The Crosshorn' via the tortuous north face finally took place. The team, lead by Lt J Horseman set off at around 4:00 am on Friday the 6th August, reaching base camp at sunset. The following morning the team started the main assult after tea and biscuits at sunrise. With all the heavy gear carried by sturdy Nailsworthians, who were often called in to porter equipment up the mountain, the assult started with great vigour. After a few hours some atrocious weather rolled in calling a halt to the main climb. The only course of action was to dig some ice shelters and sit it out. The storm raged for five hours, knocking out all communications between the climbers and base camp. Fortunatly the climbers were used to the suddenly changing weather conditions that the Nailsworth Valley could produce.
After the storm had cleared and more tea and biscuits consumed the climb restarted after a brief period of meditation. It was a gruelling six hour near verticle climb to the summit, but the team just made it, without any casualities unlike the last attempt. As the night was closing in the team made a quick descent back down into the valley of Nailsworth, to dance and drink the night away to the sounds of 'Sylvester' and 'Abba', to name but a few in the local pub, 'The Cross' cunningly named after the mountain.