The Snowdon Comeback

It's been a stunning day in the mountains, with a cloud inversion all day as we hiked up Snowdon from Llanbers with my friend Pete and several of his friends.



A few years ago, this would have been a breeze for Pete - he is a Mountain Guide afterall. However after a terrible accident, a brain injury and a battle with cancer, he's now making his way back into the mountains in an inspirational style. It wasn't long ago that I'd only be able to visit him in hospital; today he made his first steps back into the mountains.

After all meeting up in Petes Eates, we made steady progess up out of the gloom, above the clouds and into bizarrely warm weather. He's still a bit wobbly on his feet, but given that he was wheel chair bound for a while, it was an amazing effort. His personal traininer had even come over from Manchester to see him succeed! In fact, he was in pretty good hands really as our small team was made up of several MICs and a few fellow Mountain Guides!

And what a day to make his comeback! Not a breath of wind and exceptional conditions.

The ridge of Crib Goch as also standing clear of the clouds and we could identify different peaks that poked through like islands in the sea of cloud.

From the summit, the full Snowdon Horseshoe could be clearly seen.

With the clocks having changed, the sun seemed really low in the sky in the afternoon. After celebratory photos on top, we turned around and made our way back down and directly into the cafe for a well earned pint of tea. A fantastic effort and a real testiment to the power of motivation, focus, friendship and the bodies ability to mend.