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Bodger
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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Bodger
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dpack
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 17 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Labryinthitis , epley ? it works for some folk .
re snowdon in march , umm interesting ,it might be sunny and warm , it might be cold and windy , it might be like wandering about in a ping pong ball , it may have a full variety pack of precipitation. most likely it will do all of them during a day
thinking about it it can do most of those in summer as well
i have done it light ie fast and a bit risky (only if you know it as well as your back garden) and well equipped and a bit slower (more sensible just in case or good for a few days playing on the tops)
sensible can be a few kilos (5000 calories, stove/pan, bivvy bag/ light tarp/carry mat , extra dry clothing, gaffer tape and string etc) map,compass,torch,whistle ,gps and phone make sense on any walk up there as a few hours can unexpectedly become a couple of days cos you are having too much fun to go home as well as the other less fun reasons .
i dont know what the snow situation is on the top at the mo but if there is any snow/ice cover boot grips or crampons are a must and an ice axe is well handy kit
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Bodger
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We've walked up Garn Boduan on numerous occasions but I'd never walked up its neighbouring bigger cousin Garn Fadryn before.
Lousy weather yesterday, so I'm afraid that our walk up Snowdon didn't materialise but hopefully sometime later in the year, we'll have better luck ?
Instead, we walked up a local mini mountain, namely Garn Fadryn. At 371 metres above sea level this prehistoric settlement site still had plenty of steep bits to test both the walkers lungs and legs. The track up there was a bit hairy at times and coming down it was even more fraught.
It rained continually for the full time we were on the mountain and visibility was less than fifty metres, we didn't even get to see the fabulous all round views of the Lleyn Peninsular that we were assured was to be had from the summit.
My camera never left my pocket but the walk was still an exhilarating one and to give you some idea of what we should have seen, I thought folks might like to take a look at this website.
Climbing Carn Fadryn
If you are looking for a walk of about 90 minutes, with the maximum benefit to effort ratio, then look no further than Carn Fadryn, the "mou...
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Bodger
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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