3D

[TCWoodward]

Mountaineer's initial problem
----T-,STRUGGLE

[Lie-in King]

Uphill struggle (?)

[fiction-factory]

Did that answer fit, TCW?

[fiction-factory]

Is STRUGGLE part of the answer?

[Mamyalynne]

Crusader

3d Mountaineer's initial problem ( 6,8)

[fiction-factory]

Thanks Mamyalynne. I'm not sure whether UPHILL... covers 'initial' but I can't think of anything better for the first word

[fiction-factory]

one synonym of initial is nascent which has ascent in it, but I can't make anything from that

[Psybbo]

TCW, please give us the clue to the one that you have the T

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20151001/282205124702182/TextView

[bibblebub]

12a: exhaled

[Mamyalynne]

1a Misguided ,so uphill looks fine.

[fiction-factory]

So UPHILL.... could be right

[bibblebub]

(10a: gulch)

[fiction-factory]

Oops- I spent a few minutes looking at the grid before replying

[Mamyalynne]

Yes getting uphill would be the initial struggle - followed by the getting down again.

[fiction-factory]

My initial problem would be deciding what to wear and which equipment/food to bring and route planning