August 5th-7th
Snowdonia - Chamois Hut (thanks to CMC)
Monday
After 16 hours of rain (up to our arrival) found some streaks of dry rock at
Pant Ifan Upper Tier (Tremadog)
MTN (S) AT
Gwynedd (VS4b) BP
BP approaches crux
Slippery jams await
V tenuous but no unscheduled flights
Great pro
Pristine evening air
Tuesday
Multi-crag in the Pass
Dinas Cromlech
Flying Buttress (VD)
AT (P1,4-5)
BP (P2-3,6)
AT on P1
Steep
Huge, shiny holds
BP on last pitch
Awkward to start with an easy run out
Sacks (top left)seem a long way down
All in all a character building excursion for the grade.
Carreg Wastad
Skylon (HS4b) BP, AT (two pitches)
BP steadies before some balance moves past the overhang on the left.
Great pro but not easy to place.
P2 quite bold
AT tops out P2
Ran out of time to tackle either of the Classic Rock routes on this crag - but very happy to do this solid HS route, worth 2 stars.
Wednesday
Cwm Idwal
200m integrale of:-
Hope (VD) AT P1,P4 BP 2-3
Lazarus (S - alledgedly!) BP P1
Groove Above (S) BP lead
View from drive in
Gulp......
Man
on
mission
Starting out on P2
45m done only another 155 to go...
Another climber, another day on P2 Lazarus
Bold traverse up then a well protected steep crux (4b) above the climber
Massive exposure here! (check it out PB!)
© finleyevan, Apr 2010 UKC
AT in similar spot
photo thanks to Dave Marsh
Impeccable rock of Continuation Wall
Upper slabs at bottom of pic
Lazarus traverse and crux (around shady triangle visible just right of dead centre of pic)
Groove Above is prominent gash upper just-left-centre above white quartz ledge)
Top of route(s)
More to do above but time to head home.
Biggest of the Big.
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