Off to Snowdon

"Geoff Berrow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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..this morning. Weather report doesn't look too good.

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)
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good luck 🙂 snowdon having a bad hair day is scary... hope they know
what they're doing..

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..this morning. Weather report doesn't look too good.

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)
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good luck 🙂 snowdon having a bad hair day is scary... hope they know
what they're doing..

The weather today was a lot better than the weather forecast. Cloudy, but
the base was above the peaks (or at least it was above the
Glyders/Glyderau). Very poor visibility though - Snowdon was almost
invisible from the Glyders/Glyderau. Light rain started at about 15:30, but
not a big deal.

The snow is now almost all melted - a lot of melting overnight compared to
Friday.

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..this morning. Weather report doesn't look too good.

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)
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good luck 🙂 snowdon having a bad hair day is scary... hope they know
what they're doing..

The weather today was a lot better than the weather forecast. Cloudy, but
the base was above the peaks (or at least it was above the
Glyders/Glyderau). Very poor visibility though - Snowdon was almost
invisible from the Glyders/Glyderau. Light rain started at about 15:30,
but not a big deal.

The snow is now almost all melted - a lot of melting overnight compared to
Friday.

i was on snowdon last summer '03. it was incredible, hot day in llanberis,
went to the top of snowdon and you could barely see 10ft ahead of you, and
was like you stepped into a butchers freezer...

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Geoff Berrow said:

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)

I was in Borrowdale today, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
Spring has definitely arrived (again). Very hazy this morning, but by
late afternoon it was much clearer, with superb light.

I hope they have another day as good tomorrow. I'll be fighting my
way round a forest near Halifax...

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Geoff Berrow said:

..this morning. Weather report doesn't look too good.

Don't forget a TR when you get back! 🙂

PD

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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:43:02 GMT, "Jeremy Watts" <[email hidden]>

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i was on snowdon last summer '03. it was incredible, hot day in llanberis,
went to the top of snowdon and you could barely see 10ft ahead of you, and
was like you stepped into a butchers freezer...

Maybe it's divine retribution for that concrete carbuncle up there. I've
sat on top of Scafell Pike, admiring the view for miles around and feeling
pretty darned warm in a coolmax t-shirt. (I have yet to see more than about
50ft on top of Snowdon.)

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Maybe it's divine retribution for that concrete carbuncle up there. I've
sat on top of Scafell Pike, admiring the view for miles around and feeling
pretty darned warm in a coolmax t-shirt. (I have yet to see more than about
50ft on top of Snowdon.)

Only one visit in four presented me with perfect views.! the other views
were "nothing" to "grim!"
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Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Geoff Berrow said:

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)

We were, Thanks.

(Apart from Roger who [see thread below] appears to have decided that
"hands in pockets" is too easy and will now hop everywhere.

TR to follow (once I've reloaded my carbs and dealt with the sunburn).

Judith

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..this morning. Weather report doesn't look too good.

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)

We had brilliant sunshine both days and had a fabulous
weekend. Full ER to follow when I've woken up a bit more.
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then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

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"Geoff Berrow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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..this morning. Weather report doesn't look too good.

Hope the expeditioners are having a good time. :-)

good luck 🙂 snowdon having a bad hair day is scary... hope they know
what they're doing..

The expeditioners knew what they were doing - they went to the
Lake District :-)

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The snow is now almost all melted - a lot of melting overnight compared to
Friday.

i was on snowdon last summer '03. it was incredible, hot day in llanberis,
went to the top of snowdon and you could barely see 10ft ahead of you, and
was like you stepped into a butchers freezer...

Sounds familiar. Standing on the top of yr Wyddfa couldn't
see a thing; 50' down and nary a cloud in sight. I still
haven't managed to work that one out...
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TR to follow (once I've reloaded my carbs and dealt with the sunburn).

I said you'd caught the sun! My three arrived home last night
tired but happy - and very red of cheek. I'm chain-drinking
now, having arrived home feeling incredibly dehydrated. Of
course, when I'm driving or walking I hardly drink anything
because I don't want to keep stopping[1]. Given a weekend
with barely any content other than driving or walking...
excuse me while I go and boil the kettle again.

[1] Yes, I know. Who said I had to be sensible?
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W. D. Grey said:

Only one visit in four presented me with perfect views.! the other
views were "nothing" to "grim!"

Hm, so what are my chances like of a decent view early July then?

Plannying to do Cader Idris the next day so failing a decent view on
Snowdon, maybe I'll be lucky down south. 🙂

PD

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Only one visit in four presented me with perfect views.! the other
views were "nothing" to "grim!"

Hm, so what are my chances like of a decent view early July then?

50:50
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Fran said:

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Only one visit in four presented me with perfect views.! the other
views were "nothing" to "grim!"

Hm, so what are my chances like of a decent view early July then?

50:50

Is it a good idea to get to the summit for dawn or is it more likely
to be clear in the evening?

Chris
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UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB
Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR

As you know, I'm planning to climb Ben Nevis this month and so Snowdon
was a warm up for that. However, due to a misunderstanding on my part,
it turns out that Ben Nevis is next week, not at the end of the month as
I'd originally thought. Well I knew it was one Bank Holiday weekend in
May...

So when I saw the weather report I wasn't too keen but as last weekend
would be my only chance to climb something of a fair size, I had to go.

Even though it was a misty murky day, arriving in Llanberis filled me
with a sense of awe. All around were these huge hills and I had a
moments trepidation when I realised I would be climbing the biggest one
of them.

We set off at about 10.30 along a steep tarmac path. Looking back
towards the end of this I was surprised at how far we had climbed. But I
later realised we had barely started. Leaving the tarmac the path was
good and wide but there were sheep with young lambs and so Magic had to
stay on his lead. We soon came to a high stile which I had to lift him
over. Not very dog friendly. It was a steady climb from this point and
we looked back and saw the train coming up the valley. I took a couple
of pictures as it passed but was disappointed to see that it was a
diesel.

Now you have to remember that I'm still a newb and that the highest I've
ever been before was Kinder Scout. So I was pretty pleased that I had
no major problems at half way house. After a cup of tea we set out
again and eventually came to the point where the path passes under the
railway. I was in front at this point and could feel the wind getting
stronger as it was funnelled through the tunnel. Passing through was
like moving into another world. It was a shame it was so misty, I bet
the views are spectacular at this point. Even so, it took my breath
away - or was it the wind? I decided that this would be a good point to
put on some extra gear, so I went back through the tunnel to meet my
group and got out the hat gloves and windproof top.

I started to struggle a bit after that point. It was quite steep and my
legs were getting tired. As I'd failed to get any poles and Steve
wasn't using his I asked if I could try them. I did find that they
helped even though I don't have that much in the way of upper body
strength.

We soon came to some patches of snow and as I hadn't seen any sheep for
some time I decided to let Magic off the lead for a while. He showed
how tired he was by running up and down and playing in the snow. That
dog really does take the mick...

Coming up to the summit ridge we got our first clear glimpse. well,
clear isn't really the word as the pointy bit was shrouded in mist. It
started to get pretty crowded at this point. Where had all these people
come from? There seemed to be some pretty steep bits too so I put Magic
back on the lead. I was sure he'd be ok, but with so many people about
I though it safer.

I was starving. The only thing I could think about was getting to the
summit and LUNCH! We got there sooner than I thought and went round the
back of the cafe (what a monstrosity!) to try to get out of the wind.
We couldn't see a thing of course - too much mist but I gather that is
not uncommon. I looked in my bag for my sandwiches and horror of
horrors found that they were not there! I later found out that I'd left
them in the car as I'd repacked my sack. Fortunately Steve had packed
enough food to supply a small army and suitably nourished we did the
trig point thing and the photo thing and headed back, out of the
ferocious wind.

The descent was fairly uneventful. When we got back to the sheep line,
I borrowed the poles again and they were a great help in bracing myself
against a still energetic border collie. It had started to rain
slightly and they saved me from a nasty slip on some wet rocks too. I'm
starting to become a fan of poles.

It was a fantastic day out. In good weather it must be absolutely
awesome and I can now see why you guys like going up hills so much. The
feeling of being up there with the birds is amazing.

I written a gallery script in PHP and have put some of my rather
dreadful pics here. http://www.ckdog.co.uk/htdocs/thumbs.php?gallery=g1
The script isn't finished yet so the formatting isn't right but it will
do for now. Once I have the bugs ironed out and interfaces properly
written I'll make it available for people to use if they want to.

Grateful thanks to Steve, who I know reads this group, for making it all
possible. Next week, Ben Nevis.

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Fran said:

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> Only one visit in four presented me with perfect views.! the other
> views were "nothing" to "grim!"

Hm, so what are my chances like of a decent view early July then?

50:50

Is it a good idea to get to the summit for dawn or is it more likely
to be clear in the evening?

All I can say is that the last time I tried to see sunrise
over Snowdon it definitely rose somewhere. Where, we weren't
too sure. The only thing that was certain was that wherever
else the sun was rising it wasn't over Snowdon...

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If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs...
then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

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Grateful thanks to Steve, who I know reads this group, for making it all
possible.

That wouldn't be our old friend Strider, would it?
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situation.

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:43:26 +0100, Geoff Berrow
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Great TR and pics, Geoff - best of luck next weekend on Ben Nevis 🙂

Best wishes,
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