Guy Wilson on Bastow Buttress Variant ** 2/3Today I was involved in some
MIA assessment preparation for Guy Wilson and Mark Stevenson. They both have assessments very soon and they're both well on track for success. Guy has his in little over a week now.
In the excellent weather on Monday we decided to short rope over Tryfan. We started with the Tryfan Bach Approach *** (3). This is excellent and makes the approach to Tryfan more enjoyable. On the heather terrace we moved onto Nor Nor Buttress variant. We popped over the top and moved into descent mode and eventually got back to to road.
For the entire day we concentrated on 'transitions' from one mode to another, which technique was suitable and why. Both Guy and Mark were doing very well. Good luck to them both for their upcoming assessments. I had a great day, although a bit rushed because I had to dash off to Manchester at 3.30pm.
I finished my Outward Bound course at the end of Friday and managed to get to North Wales to start my scrambling course on Saturday. I met up with Robert, Annie and Hein, and we started with the West Face of Tryfan leading to the North Ridge. Above I'm clearly having a tough day at work jumping from Eve to Adam. The team had a great time and wanted something slightly harder for day 2. 
On day 2 we enjoyed a day around, on and above Idwal slabs and Cwm Cneifion.
On day three we were back on the West Face of Tryfan before crossing to the East face for a Bastow Buttress variant and then back down the North Ridge. At the end they were happy and felt challenged - ready for the afternoon/evening drive back to London - where life starts again... (And I made my way back to Fort William ready to meet the Harry Potter fan club!)
