Really humid again today, but after a bright hazy start, the clouds began to build! I spent the morning climbing with a group at Fach Wen near Llanberis. The views from the crag, across Llyn Padarn are great, and normally you get a great view of Snowdon, but today the haze just got thicker and thicker, although no rain fell.
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| Hazy Skies across Llyn Padarn |
After lunch, we went up the hill to Bus Stop Quarry in search of some slightly harder routes on the Slate. There were some spots of rain on the windscreen as well pulled up, but decided to go for it anyway. Sadly, the gamble didn't pay off and we got a proper soaking in a heavy downpour that was virtually hail! Slate doesn't lend itself well to climbing in the wet. In fact its virtually impossible! Luckily I was only one bolt from the lower off when the heavens really opened!
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| Less than ideal slate climbing conditions! |
We aborted from the quarries and with tails tucked firmly between our legs, beat a hasty retreat the few kilometers back down the hill, where amazingly it was still warm and bone dry!! We managed to get another climb in and try a bit of abseiling, so all was not lost.
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