Snowdonia - Crib Goch
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On the rare dry, non windy days it's fine if you have a head for heights and a sensible head.
Windy and wet, it can get interesting. Don't do it alone. Don't do it if you or any of your party aren't reasonably walking fit (e.g. can get to the top of Snowdon without being completely spent).
Windy and wet, it can get interesting. Don't do it alone. Don't do it if you or any of your party aren't reasonably walking fit (e.g. can get to the top of Snowdon without being completely spent).
DeadMeat_UK said:
On the rare dry, non windy days it's fine if you have a head for heights and a sensible head.
Windy and wet, it can get interesting. Don't do it alone. Don't do it if you or any of your party aren't reasonably walking fit (e.g. can get to the top of Snowdon without being completely spent).
I did it alone a few years ago. It is exposed (on both sides) for a UK walking route, but if you've any mountaineering experience it won't seem particularly dodgy.Windy and wet, it can get interesting. Don't do it alone. Don't do it if you or any of your party aren't reasonably walking fit (e.g. can get to the top of Snowdon without being completely spent).
I caught up with a pair of Australians who were crawling along the top, gibbering. Funny for me, but not for them.
roadman said:
There are three of us, all fit, all experienced walkers, scramblers, although we wont be taking climbing gear. ... will keep an eye on the weather conditions.....looks like its going to be exciting.
If you're fit, happy up in the hills and doing a bit of scrambling you'll be fine.I've done it in mist and rain and it was OK.
Wouldn't like to be up there on a windy day though.
MC Bodge said:
Zod said:
Did it when I was 12. I cringe now to think how stupid the scout leader who took us up there was.
Did you all die?Have you been there? It's all very well going yourself or taking your own kids, but being responsible for other people's kids on a narrow ridge with a very long drop off one side and a still potentially nasty fall on the other is a lot to take on.
Zod said:
Yes, I died.
Have you been there?
Read the posts above.Have you been there?
Zod said:
It's all very well going yourself or taking your own kids, but being responsible for other people's kids on a narrow ridge with a very long drop off one side and a still potentially nasty fall on the other is a lot to take on.
I know what you're saying, but you should be glad that he was happy to take you all up there.We were taken on a trip through a slate mine (climbing out of big crater at the end of it) on a Boys' Brigade outing in the 80s. No ropes, helmets, H&S forms or the like. Most people don't get to do things like that now.
I returned to the location about 20 years later and discovered that a lot of it had caved-in!
Edited by MC Bodge on Friday 2nd November 15:45
Its definitely about the only fun way to climb Snowdon (Honourable mention for the Watkins) because of the crowds. Should be quiet this time of year , well as quiet as it gets.
The view from one end of the route a couple of years ago where the entire ridge was covered along its entire length with brightly clad scramblers was one of the more bizarre sights I've ever seen. Many were really quite scared and this was on a warm, dry summer day. Eventually moved down a little and traversed under the mass just to keep going.
But, why everyone heads for Snowdon rather than any one of a multitude of fantastic far less crowded peaks in the area is baffling for me.
The view from one end of the route a couple of years ago where the entire ridge was covered along its entire length with brightly clad scramblers was one of the more bizarre sights I've ever seen. Many were really quite scared and this was on a warm, dry summer day. Eventually moved down a little and traversed under the mass just to keep going.
But, why everyone heads for Snowdon rather than any one of a multitude of fantastic far less crowded peaks in the area is baffling for me.
Walking along the top with your hands in your pockets while a seething mass of gibbering tourists crawls at your feet is always good for a giggle 
Although if it's raining a certain amount of care is required, I was lucky to get away with a sprained ankle after my comedy cartwheel off a wet rock
Although if it's raining a certain amount of care is required, I was lucky to get away with a sprained ankle after my comedy cartwheel off a wet rock
Great vid here:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=5oQYlPws6_Q&des...
(Crib goch XXX)
Never done it myself, will wait for next summer.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=5oQYlPws6_Q&des...
(Crib goch XXX)
Never done it myself, will wait for next summer.
Dblue said:
Its definitely about the only fun way to climb Snowdon (Honourable mention for the Watkins) because of the crowds. Should be quiet this time of year , well as quiet as it gets.
The view from one end of the route a couple of years ago where the entire ridge was covered along its entire length with brightly clad scramblers was one of the more bizarre sights I've ever seen. Many were really quite scared and this was on a warm, dry summer day. Eventually moved down a little and traversed under the mass just to keep going.
But, why everyone heads for Snowdon rather than any one of a multitude of fantastic far less crowded peaks in the area is baffling for me.
Because it is there.......The view from one end of the route a couple of years ago where the entire ridge was covered along its entire length with brightly clad scramblers was one of the more bizarre sights I've ever seen. Many were really quite scared and this was on a warm, dry summer day. Eventually moved down a little and traversed under the mass just to keep going.
But, why everyone heads for Snowdon rather than any one of a multitude of fantastic far less crowded peaks in the area is baffling for me.
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