A wet start in Ogwen today! Left the sunny cottage and drove the 15 minutes round to Tryfan in the Ogwen valley to find low cloud and thick drizzle (as forecast!). Undeterred, we climbed the Milestone Buttress Approach scramble (Grade 3). A great little route that's quick to get to, has plenty of protection and plenty of polished holds to lead the way, and focus the concentration in the wet!
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| Milestone Approach Scramble |
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| Emma on a belay hunt |
Then Emma got us safely down the Milestone Gully to practise some more rope techniques in preparation for her Mountaineering Instructors assessment.
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| Rigging an abseil from some convenient 'tat' |
The rain had just about stopped by the time we'd reached the top of the descent gully, and the clouds even lifted off the tops. A safe, swift, although somewhat slimey descent was followed by a little short-roping to safe ground, then a sprint back to the car, as I had to help a friend move house, then visit another in Manchester!
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| Escaping the damp confines of Milestone Gully |
Was back at The Cottage by 22:00, with a pretty spectacular sun set on the way...
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| M56 Sundown |
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