The walking / hiking thread
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Watch out for Am Fear Liath Mòr!
Great advice.
They weigh nothing, take up no space and cost buttons.
I always put one in my pack, no matter what the weather, same with a whistle.
4737carlin
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They‘re strenuous, but fine when the weathers good, but outside of the Summer months, can turn hairy pretty quickly.
I did a trail race in mid September on there and it was t shirt and shorts at the bottom and full Winter gear at the top.
Min requirements, should always inc full waterproofs, survival / bivvy bag, a map, a whistle and a battery pack for your phone.
sbbefc
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Scrambling? I go with my partner who doesn't have a great head for heights. We've done the easy routes up the Glyders (Garn, Devils Kitchen, Bwlch and Cwm Tryfan), Siabod and Snowdon (Miners/Pyg) + several other easier ones in N Wales, Scotland and Lakes. How does it compare?
Fine mate, as long as you’ve got the right gear.
carneddau in a couple of weeks starting from and returning to a Bethesda pub, can't wait
This was Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) pictured from the slopes of Garnedd Ugain a week last Sunday.
Conditions were bitterly cold and very icy at the summit, with wind chill temperatures of below -5C.
But we still saw many, many people just wearing lightweight trainers and a simple hoodie! One girl even had a pair of Ugg boots on!
The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me, the rescue services must have infinite patience when dealing with feckwits week in and week out!
Conditions were bitterly cold and very icy at the summit, with wind chill temperatures of below -5C.
But we still saw many, many people just wearing lightweight trainers and a simple hoodie! One girl even had a pair of Ugg boots on!
The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me, the rescue services must have infinite patience when dealing with feckwits week in and week out!
Add to that, the fact that at the base of virtually every popular hill/fell/mountain walk, there’ll be a visible board, with the conditions at the summit and minimum kit requirements too.
They should charge these plant pots for the cost of the rescue and publicly shame them too.
Deffo should be charged and shamed for unnecessary rescue.
We went up and down via the Ranger Path, which was new to us, but on the way down, a young couple caught us up and asked if we were ‘local’ and knew of any taxi numbers as they’d got lost on the way down and hadn’t a clue where they were! They had lightweight footwear, thin jackets, no hats or gloves and no rucksack or water bottle!
Mrs Pat wanted to give them a lift back to Llanberis, but I said no way, make em pay for a cab (probably the thick end of £30).
AndyC
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Done it three times, and be warned... in bad weather, Cadair can be treacherous.
Second time I did it with a mate, we were the only two people on the mountain - it snowed, we had freezing rain and it was absolutely brutal !!!
On a nice day, it's well worth it for the view from the top.
picture taken on top of Carnedd Llewelyn after walking round the horseshoe in the snow. See if you can spot Carnedd Dafydd, Tryfan, Glyder Fawr / Glyder Fach, and Snowdon. Was an amazing day, so much so we were almost too tired to drink more than a couple when back down in Bethesda.
Was surprised at how grassy and solid the majority of the Carneddau were. Snow looked worse than it was - obviously a navigational challenge, and required proper clothing and footwear, but was largely OK underfoot with the odd bouldery scramble thrown in. The snow seemed to fortunately aid grip rather than make things slippery. Suspect we chose a good day especially given the views
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Me and a mate walked up Snowden yesterday , my First time . Considering I live around 40 mins away , i should of done this ages ago if im honest .
Started walking along the Miners Path at 04:30 . I reached the summit at 06:25 , just in time for sunrise! What an absolute beautiful sight !!
We are going again when I'm back from work in a couple of weeks , though we will try Watkins Path and leave on sunrise .
I would put pictures up, but still cannot figure how to do this from my phone .
Highly recommended ?
Started walking along the Miners Path at 04:30 . I reached the summit at 06:25 , just in time for sunrise! What an absolute beautiful sight !!
We are going again when I'm back from work in a couple of weeks , though we will try Watkins Path and leave on sunrise .
I would put pictures up, but still cannot figure how to do this from my phone .
Highly recommended ?
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