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A great day out Rock Scrambling on the East face of Tryfan, Snowdonia

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Scrambling, Snowdonia

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia on Tryfan with Mountaineering Joe

A great day out on the East face of Tryfan, Snowdonia. Rock scrambling on the east face of Tryfan on Bastow Buttress Variant grade 3 rock scrambling, and descended the rock scramble Nor Nor Groove grade 2 . Perfect day out Rock scrambling with fantastic Snowdonia weather!

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia with Mountaineering Joe

Multi pitch rock climbing in Snowdonia. Practising rope work and belay techniques

Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling

Rock Climbing on Multi pitch in Snowdonia. Direct route Milestone buttress second pitch

A great day out practising belays and rope techniques on Milestone Buttress in the Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia. The sunshine just added to the great day . Multi pitch climbing rope work and techniques with Mountaineering Joe.

Rock Climbing on Multi pitch in Snowdonia. Direct route Milestone buttress Super direct second pitch

Welsh 3000s (14 peaks) challenge on the 11th of June 16

Mountain Challenges, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Scrambling, Snowdonia, Walking

Looking across to Pen yr ole Wen

Welsh 3000s (14 peaks) challenge is upon us and the required long days are nearly there. Do you want to take it on? We going to attempt it on the 11 of June. Fancy having a go? It’s an excellent long day out. Starting on Crib Goch and finishing in the Carneddau with Snowdon between. Excellent backup in the main valleys to pick up supplies . A great day out with Mountaineering Joe

Welsh 3000s Crib Goch at dawn

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia Ogwen valley in Idwal near Idwal slabs.

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Scrambling

Nearly at the top of the exposed first pitch

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia Ogwen valley in Idwal near Idwal slabs . We started on North west face and scrambling up to Continuation Wall which is grade 2 and 3 The next day we went on to Cneifion Arête with a full on grade 3 pitch to start and then finishes on grade 2 ground. Rock scrambling with ropework with Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Idwal Valley halfway up Continuation Wall

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Practising rope techniques

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling, Snowdonia

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Using an Italian hitch to protect a scrambling pitch

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia on Tryfan. Climbing grade 2/3 scrambling on the east face of Tryfan on Bastow buttress (grade 3) and Nor Nor Groove(grade 2). A great day out practicing rope and scrambling techniques for fast movement on Rock and steep ground. Rock Scrambling with Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Reaching the bottom of Nor Nor groove on the east face of Tryfan

Multi pitch rock climbing techniques in Snowdonia

Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling

Organising your belays on multi pitch rock climbing routes

Multi pitch rock climbing in Snowdonia. A day practising rope and belays techniques on a multi pitch rock climbing route. We covered areas such as stance organisation which is quite important for multi pitch routes with not a lot of belay space so keeping things organised is essential. Organising your belays on multi pitch rock climbing routes with as much rope as you can will reduce the shock loading on the gear making your belay safer. Placing gear on a route while on the lead climbing a multi pitch rock climbing route. It is important to keep in balance while placing gear. Setting up a stacked rope belay we even had a sunny day which is not bad for Snowdonia. Rock climbing with Mountaineering Joe

Multi pitch rock climbing in Snowdonia

Learn the techniques to extend your climbing to multi pitch Rock climbing

Adventure Holidays, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling, Snowdonia

Learning Multi pitch climbing techniques. Learning how place gear on the lead and looking relaxed. Keeping in balance is important while placing gear so as to not get pumped

Learn the techniques to extend your rock climbing to multi pitch Rock climbing. A weekend of Learning Multi pitch rock climbing techniques. We spend the weekend addressing some of the issues and problems which you may come across on multi pitch rock climbing. Placing different types gear on the lead while keeping in balance, the techniques the second rock climber can use when removing hard gear placements . Good rope and stance management while setting up belays and safe abseiling techniques keeping you safe before you abseil. An excellent weekend despite the weather at this time of the year!

Learning Multi pitch climbing techniques. Learning how to retrieve gear while abseiling

Walking in Snowdonia on the Moelwyns and the Glyder ridge for the weekend.

Adventure Holidays, Corporate, Scrambling, Snowdonia, Walking

A great day out with great weather!

Mountain Walking in Snowdonia on the Moelwyns and the Glyder ridge for the weekend. We had a great time on the main ridge but in the cloud all day! The second day out and the cloud lifted we did the Glyder horseshoe up the North ridge and across the Glyder plateau to Y Garn with excellent weather.

A day day on top of the Cantilever stone

Mountains skills course the weekend of the 10th of October

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Navigation and Map Reading, Scrambling, Snowdonia

Moving fast over grade 2 ground

Mountain Skills Course on the 10th of October where you can gain a good skill base for walking in the mountains. We look at navigation on complex steep ground. Clothing systems, and all the kit that comes along with it. Emergency procedures and Hazards connected with walking in the mountains. How to call out mountain rescue and when to call them out. Planning your day, estimating how long a walk will take you. The weather in the mountains and which forecasts to use. http://mountaineeringjoe.co.uk/mountain-skills-courses/

Learning to place trad gear and basic skills on a Rock climbing course

Adventure Holidays, Corporate, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling, Snowdonia

The first pitch of the ordinary route

Learn to lead Rock Climbing on Idwal Slabs. Tom and George wanted extend their rock climbing experience and Learn how to lead outdoors. So we did a great route on Idwal slabs where Tom managed to lead the route which was pretty good going as it so a wet day! Learn to lead rock climb with a day out with Mountaineering Joe

On the final rock climbing pitches