lcarreau - Feb 15, 2008 8:06 pm - Voted 10/10
Hey Dan?I see the nice Ridge, but why do they
call it Y Garn. Is it shaped like the
letter 'Y?' Why? I was asking you about
the Y. That's WHY. Have a nice day!!!
Nanuls - Feb 16, 2008 12:57 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Hey Dan?It's a great ridge, made all the better by the fact very few people ever bother to traverse it. In Welsh 'Y' means 'The', so the english translation for this mountain in 'The Cairn' or 'The Rock'. It's actually quite a common name for Welsh mountains, and there are quite a few just in Snowdonia.
lcarreau - Feb 16, 2008 2:39 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Hey Dan?Yes, I understand. I really love the Welsh
culture and language! I took Spanish in
secondary school, and 'Y' in Spanish means
'And.' What that has to do with your
Snowdonia, I have NO idea! Take care, mate!
p.s. - Who builds the 'Cairn' in your part
of the world??? Do you have a specific crew
of people who tally forth and build cairns
and maintain the trails? Interesting...
Nanuls - Feb 17, 2008 7:45 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Hey Dan?Most of our carins are real old, built during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The cairns found on top of mountains such as this are normaly associated with burial mounds, however this isn't absolutly certain as the acidity of the soil means that very little organic matter remains intact as evidence. Quite often the cairns are reworked and are often built up or reshaped by farmers, miners or quarry workers at a later date. These days the construction of cairns is discouraged as they can cause confusion and become blots on the landscape.
lcarreau - Feb 17, 2008 9:58 am - Voted 10/10
Re: Dan...I know you're busy putting your pages of
this beautiful area together, but I have
one last question. What do people MINE
for in this area? Is it Limestone?
The acidity suggests it might be. Thanks!
Nanuls - Feb 17, 2008 1:22 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Dan...No limestone here, that came from the Brecon Beacons, The Gower, Pembrokeshire and Colwyn Bay. Mining used to be a massive industry, with slate, copper, lead, zinc, tin and gold all extracted at one point or another. The remnants of this activity can still be seen throughout the area. These days they don't mine very much anymore, just some slate from around Bethesda and Llanberis, the last gold mine ceased operations a couple of years ago.
vancouver islander - Feb 16, 2008 7:44 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice new set of photosHey Dan. Enjoyed your latest shots from my old stomping grounds - particularly this one. Looks like you've just had a nice weekend in the hills with some sterling weather.
Hope you're considering a Nantlle Ridge page eventually.
Cheers,
Martin
Nanuls - Feb 17, 2008 7:39 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Nice new set of photosThanks Martin, I had a really good weekend up there last weekend, the weather was absolutly stunning. Glad you liked the photos, I've got a few more to post, so stay tuned. Definately going to do a Nantlle Ridge page, I'm just trying to work out how I'm going to do it, the taxonomy of the whole thing is troubling me a bit. I was thinking of one Area/Range page for the Eifioydd as a whole, lumping together Moel Hebog, Mynydd Mawr and the Nantlle mountains all as one. Then having individual Mountain/Rock pages of the mountains, and a Route page for the Nantlle Traverse. What do you reckon?
Cheers
Dan
EricChu - Dec 10, 2009 1:16 pm - Voted 10/10
Beautiful!A wonderful capture!
Nanuls - Dec 13, 2009 10:30 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Beautiful!Thanks Maurice. This is the start of one of the finest ridge walks in Wales (in my humble opinion).
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