Rock climbing on the Gogarth sea cliffs
A good day out Rock climbing on the Gogarth sea cliffs on Anglesey. The weather was excellent and out of the sun for most of the day
Entries by Icejoesan Begley
Welsh 3000s challenge with beautiful views across the Glyder range in Snowdonia
The Welsh 3000s with Lindsey and Dylan on the Glyders, and with only a few more summits to go of the Welsh 3000s. Lindsey has managed easily the long hard walk up Elidir Fawr from Nant Peris. It’s the longest and hardest continuous uphill section of the Welsh 3000s. We were all glad we reached […]
Learning how to rock climb for the first time in Snowdonia with Mountaineering Joe
Learning to rock climb in Snowdonia is a great experience . Lindsey and Dylan spend the day at Tryfan Bach in the Snowdonia park learning how to climb outdoors on real rock. We started the with a few single pitch climbs in the morning, then learn how to abseil, followed by Dylan doing his first […]
Rock climbing in Llanberis Pass on Crackstone Rib with Mountaineering Joe in Snowdonia
Rock climbing in Llanberis Pass with Mountaineering Joe in Snowdonia with excellent weather. We were rock climbing Crackstone Rib in Llanberis pass. This is such an excellent climb with a great transverse on the first pitch to the edge of the rock rib. An exposed second pitch where you have to launch yourself on to […]
The Anglesey Coastal Path. Walking between Malltraeth down towards Llanddwyn Island
The Anglesey Coastal Path. Walking between Malltraeth down towards Llanddwyn Island. Such beautiful walking and excellent weather. A great relaxing walk with Mountaineering Joe Guide walks around the island.
Rock scrambling on Cneifon Arête, in Cwm Cneifon Snowdonia
Rock scrambling on Cneifon Arête and learning the rope work skills required for fast scrambling is a good skills set to have. We spend the day moving fast with an Alpine style approach to rock scrambling. The first pitch of Cneifon Arête is steep rocking climbing followed by an hard to start chimney then the […]
Learning to Rock climb outdoors in Snowdonia
Learning to Rock Climb outdoors in Snowdonia on Idwal Slabs. Learning to climb outdoors is always a big step but Snowdonia is one of the best places to do this. We start with the basics, simple rope work and build up to managing belay stances on multi pitch routes. Learning how to rock climb outdoors […]
Welsh 3000s preparation on Crib Goch with Lindsey and Dylan
Lindsey and Dylan are preparing for the Welsh 3000s challenge at the end of the month. This week they tackled the knife edged Crib Goch ridge. Dylan was just a natural .. very relaxed as if he had done it many times and Lindsey soon got on top of it and by the end of […]
Walking on the Anglesey Coastal path from Moelfre to Llanddona
Anglesey Coastal path is stunning at the moment. Walking along the coastal path from Moelfre, passing through to Benllech, and just beyond Red wharf Bay to Llanddona in the sunshine a really good day. I have never seen the paths so dry after our great period of dry weather with no wellies necessary! http://mountaineeringjoe.co.uk/walking/isle-of-anglesey-coastal-path-guided-walks/
Welsh 3000s (14 peaks) Challenge over Snowdonia
Welsh 3000s (14 peaks) Challenge. The weather was really good for the Welsh 3000s covering 30 miles and 14 of Snowdonia’s highest peaks ..what a great mountaineering walk! The pictures show some excellent views across Snowdonia. Whether you want to attempt this in 24 hours or at a more relaxing pace over 2 days staying […]