desainme - Dec 10, 2003 12:23 pm - Voted 10/10
Crib Goch?Named so because its gotchya if you fall off?
Klenke - Dec 10, 2003 1:52 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Crib Goch?Crib Goch means "Red Crest" in Welsh. But I see your humor, Mark.
txmountaineer - May 20, 2005 2:19 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Crib Goch?Paul,
Have you done much hiking in Wales? ANy recommended routes?
Daniel
Klenke - May 20, 2005 7:55 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Crib Goch?I can't say that I can recommend routes per se because I'm not that much of an expert. I have hiked Snowdon and Cadair Idris and done some non-summit things there (my late great uncle lived on the coast of Wales at Tywyn near Cadair Idris).
Every touron does Snowdon. You can take a tram to the top but it makes for a better hike (especially along Crib Goch). But there are other similar peaks in Snowdonia.
Cadair Idris is pretty but not all that rugged comparatively speaking. The Brecon Beacons also see much foot traffic.
In short, one doesn't travel to Wales to mountain climb but to hike and enjoy the mountainous setting.
Phillip Stasiw - May 23, 2005 4:22 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Crib Goch?Not sure about last paragraph Klenke,there is alot of fine Climbs in North Wales,Llanberis Pass offers some very hard climbing,Brown,Whillans,Kirkus,all pioneers of early rock climbing learnt there trade here and transformed rock climbing into what we see today.Slate in llanberis is for psycho's,Lliwedd was good enough for Everest training in 53,not the french alps,and Gogarth and Pembrokeshire offer some of the most technical sea cliff climbs anywhere!!
Sorry to rant but Cymru has it all,even some Hikes!!!
Happy climbing.. ;-)
Klenke - May 24, 2005 12:27 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Crib Goch?I actually know of there being some rock climbing in Wales, just that most foreigners who happen to rock climb too would probably come there for the country's history and scenery. Not that they couldn't rock climb too if they wanted to.
The locals such as yourself rock climb there for sure. There's the proximity of it. No need to travel to the Alps to get your weekend granite tugging fix. A friend of mine lives in Holland and she has to travel through two countries to get to some good rock. I guess those canal banks aren't high enough for her.
I've seen some of those slate quarries. There's a huge one on one of the roads leading west down the hill from Snowdonia toward the Isle of Anglessy. I want to say the town there starts with an L but I don't have a map with me at the moment.
Phillip Stasiw - May 24, 2005 4:25 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Crib Goch?That big slate wall is at Llanberis,very big and flat,was in the american "Climbing" magazine around 6 months ago,they did a very good feature on it,nice pics as usual for a class magazine. The thing these days though,it's probably quicker to get to Chamonix and the Italian alps by cheap flights than it is to drive from London to Wales,Lakes or Scotland.
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