Waiting For The Rain To Pass In Ogwen

Lena coming up The Direct Start, on Idwal Slabs

Lena wanted to use her new Ogwen guide book, so we parked up, but had to wait a while foir the rain to stop. We eventually started walking in almost a rain free sky by late afternoon. Everybody else seemed to be getting back to their cars drenched, and peeling off sodden layers, dripping into their cars. We'd thankfully avoided that fun. By the time we got the Idwal Slabs they were almost perfectly dry, and the Direct Start is always a fun way to start. Lena then led up Tennis Shoe which was dry by that time. It was now early evening and we'd lost our psyche for the Upper Walls..

Lena on Tennis Shoe

Idwal

This time we headed for Idwal slabs for the day. We started on 'Heather Wall' 4c. Above David is on the first pitch of 'Heather Wall'. After this route we got onto Holly Tree Wall and I set off up 'Original Route' VS 5a. Getting into the groove definitely is a problem - until you spot the hidden foothold! At the top of this route we finished our day with David leading us up 'Diagonal Route' VS 5a. David's Blog

Saturday - The Direct Route And Tennis Shoe

Dancing or climbing?

So, we left the Slate Quarries and Llanberis for something different to finish the day. We headed to Ogwen and Idwal Slabs - The Direct Route (HVS 4c) + Tennis Shoe (HS). We managed to climb and keep in the sun as the shade was creeping up the slab.

We lucked out with the weather today, would we be so lucky tomorrow?