What to do in North Wales?

[dune]

Check out the Crib Goch photos on Google for a gnarly route, it runs along the top ridge above you when you walk through the bowl, it's on my bucket list but my fear of heights may be tested by that route.

 

Heights don't bother me, but falling to my death would bother me. If I didn't have a springer spaniel pulling on the lead i'd do it without a second thought, but looking at the photo's and video i'd say it wouldn't be a very wise plan...

 

 

[dune]

Sheep having fun on the mountains.

 

[dune]

Just getting packed and looking at the forecast Saturday is looking like the best day for the climb. Have so far decided to take a camera, stupid looking hat with furry ears, waterproofs, hiking boots, map, walking stick with compass, hi vis vest, 2 pairs of gloves, kashmir scarf, body warmer, thin roll neck jumper over another jumper over a t shirt, jacket (fairly thin but waterproof), radio to listen to 5 live should it take longer than expected and miss the 3 oclock k/o, mobile, water (2 small bottles), pack up.

 

Am i forgetting anything?

[dune]

Add toilet roll, 40 jps, and 3 lighters.

[dubai_phil]

Just getting packed and looking at the forecast Saturday is looking like the best day for the climb. Have so far decided to take a camera, stupid looking hat with furry ears, waterproofs, hiking boots, map, walking stick with compass, hi vis vest, 2 pairs of gloves, kashmir scarf, body warmer, thin roll neck jumper over another jumper over a t shirt, jacket (fairly thin but waterproof), radio to listen to 5 live should it take longer than expected and miss the 3 oclock k/o, mobile, water (2 small bottles), pack up.

 

Am i forgetting anything?

 

Isotonic Sports Drink, or water plus Isotonic tabs. Even when cold it can keep you going and a bar of chocolate helps! (Or of course you could do the whole ADVENTURER thing and by a bar of Kendall Mint Cake....

 

barf

[dune]

Isotonic Sports Drink, or water plus Isotonic tabs. Even when cold it can keep you going and a bar of chocolate helps! (Or of course you could do the whole ADVENTURER thing and by a bar of Kendall Mint Cake....

 

barf

 

I might get an isotonic drink, but the ones i've had are always sweet and make me more thirsty. Looking at the weather it gives snow every day until saturday so i might not get to the top anyway.

[dune]

Went up the miners track which was a lovely stroll until confronted with a steep scramble up a so called path. Bearing in mind it was ****ing down with rain and I had a springer spaniel pulling on the lead I got half way up and lost the main path. Couldn't turn back because the going up was really dangerous and turning back and going down with a dog pulling on the lead would've been suicide. So somehow crawled to join the pyg track with a several loose rocks careering down the slope that we'd dislodged. Continued along the pyg track and by now the gusts were galeforce and it had started to hail and the bloody waterproof walking boots were useless and I had wet feet. Got within half an hour of the summit but reached a climb up a steepish rock face that would've be ok if it was dry and not windy and I didn't have a dog, but if you'd slipped you'd have cartwheeled down hundreds of feet - so had to accept that the mountain had defeated me and trudged back down the pyg track which was a fairly easy route.