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Still nothing

Image from Google No snow or ice & no prospects of any anytime soon. Snowdonia seems to have forgotten we are in mid-winter I'm afraid.


To blog or not to blog...

Image from Google ....that has been the question for me the last couple of weeks. And after several emails from winter enthusiasts requesting info on conditions & asking if I was going to blog, I have decided to BLOG! So winter has kind of kicked off in the mountains of Snowdonia, then seems to be fizzling out again as I type. Last weekend saw lots of ascents of easy mixed routes/ridges etc & a few gullies being done (although most out of desperation I think) There is still a decent amount on snow around higher up, but its


Snowdonia Walking Festival

Image from Google Snowdonia Walking Festival in conjunction with Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) is running six spectacular charity walks across Snowdonia from 14th-16th October to help raise vital funds and to give people the chance to experience the majestic beauty of Snowdonia.


Mammut Obelisk DLX Approach Shoe Review

Image from Google Last month, having arranged a weekend of climbing in Snowdonia, I realised rather late in the day that I didn’t have any approach shoes (I had thrown my old ones away after trashing them in a rare spate of gardening). Luckily whilst signing in for a climbing session at Rock City in Hull, I noticed [...] Mammut Obelisk DLX Approach Shoe Review is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Climbing ...


Fear of Failing or Failing from Fear?

Image from Google I am something of a failure. There, I said it. On a number of occasions in the last year I have failed to achieve something through fear, most notably last year, while in Snowdonia I failed to reach the summit of Tryfan. It wasn’t through lack of fitness, or desire to reach the top and [...] Fear of Failing or Failing from Fear? is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Climbing techniques – a


National Trust-Saving Snowdonia again?

The National Trust has launched another public appeal to buy land in Snowdonia, this time asking the public for £1 million to purchase Llyndy Isaf, a 600 acre farm in Nant Gwynant near Beddgelert.


Since Scotland

Image from Google Over the past few weeks I have been really busy down in Wales, mostly working. I have managed to get out to the slate mines climbing 4 times, only once on my day off. Climbed routes like Fool's Gold (E1 5c), Solstice (HVS 5a), Equinox (VS 4c), Geordie War Cry (7a+)(DNF) all at Bus Stop Quarry. Bella Lugosi Is Dead (E1 5b) and The Horsing Around Finish (6a+) near the Rainbow slab area. I been to Tremadog several times, working with the Fast Trackers and on a Touching Stone course. I have just compleated the


Update

Image from Google Still nothing wintery going on in Snowdonia. There is a small amount of snow forecast over the weekend along with some very low temps on high ground, but nothing to get too excited about. Due to a shoulder injury I am just concentrating on MTBing & some mountain walking for the time being, in the hope that my shoulder will improve enough for a trip to Scotland in April for some winter climbing.


Ain't No Mountain High Enough - the book of the blog

Image from Google After about two years of blogging from Snowdonia to Austria; the Lake District to the Brecon Beacons, I've amassed a fair number of photos. Now I've knocked together a coffee table photobook of the blog. I've shorn the desriptive passages...


Review: What Map should you Buy?

Image from Google As a Mountaineering Instructor, Climber and Mountain Rescue Volunteer I use and go through a lot of maps. Apart from losing at least one a year, I probably wear out two maps of Snowdonia a year. For my work I used the reliable and robust Ordnance Survey OL17 which has been pre laminated with the [...]