Ogwen - Night

Night Nav... Lena hitting those legs.. After 5 hours in the night we found our way back to the valley floor..

Ogwen - Day

Lena Brune starting up the first pitch of Superdirect on Milestone buttress

Lena now high on pitch 2

Taking the rib direct !

Belay for the final pitch

The weather in Ogwen was dry enough, finally, for a little climbing, so with time a little short we headed to the obvious Milestone Buttress and Superdirect. It was dry enough, but so so cold - how many jackets can you wear? We finished and then planned the nav exercise for later that day...

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?

Short Roping Over Tryfan - MIA Assessment Prep

Guy Wilson on Bastow Buttress Variant ** 2/3

Today 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.