The highest job in Wales is being advertised for someone with a head for heights and the occasional sleepover. The Snowdon Mountain Railway Company is looking for a manager for the £8.4m visitor centre and cafe on the [ continue reading Top job on offer at Hafod Eryri ] This is an example of the weather phenomenon called “hard rime”. The cafe at the summit of Snowdon covered in 4-8 inches of feathered ice. Rime is a type of white-coloured ice that forms when water droplets from fog or low-lying clouds freeze during temperatures between -7 and -2C. As cold as it looked. The ice was at least 100 – 200mm thick over the entire building. An inquest has been adjourned on a 39-year-old climber who fell to his death in Snowdonia. Derren Barber, of Bognor Regis, west Sussex, was near the summit of Pen yr Ole Wen when he fell about 700ft (213m) last Friday. His climbing companion is [ continue reading Inquest opened into Sussex climber’s Snowdon fall ] But Dewi’s changes aren’t all we asked for. Joe Brown is selling dog booties. Well in a spirit of 2010-NY-resolution thrift we have created our own version modelled here by Dasher the wonder-hound. Why isn’t he Sir Joe Brown by the way? There should be a Facebook group for that. Time would be better-spent doing that than trying to get Spandau Ballet’s GOLD adopted as the UK’s national anthem I think. “The poet’s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven” Visitors to the Snowdonia National Park are being urged to use “common sense” when parking their vehicles. The warning came after motorists parked on the side of the road at Pen y Pass near Llanberis because the car park was inaccessible due to snow and ice. Snowdonia parking warning as drivers clog up roads ] “A climber has been rescued in Snowdonia after falling 40 metres in a gully. The man in his mid 20s, from Cardiff, was with a woman colleague from a south Wales mountaineering club. The pair were ice climbing on the gully at Cwm Idwal near Devil’s Kitchen. The man was held by his safety rope during the fall in which he broke his leg.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> BBC News – Fallen climber with broken leg rescued in Snowdonia: .) Seven people have been rescued in four separate helicopter operations in Snowdonia in a little over 24 hours. They include a dramatic rescue in heavy sleet and darkness to save two men trapped on a mountainside. A mother and daughter were also flown [ continue reading Snowdonia helicopter rescues save seven in 24 hours ] “SNOWDON can be more dangerous than Mount Everest because it is the peak of choice for ill-equipped tourists treating it like a gentle hillside stroll, a climbing expert has claimed. Cameron McNeish, editor of The Great Outdoors magazine, made the comments after it was revealed call-outs for mountain rescuers have doubled in Snowdonia over the last year. There have been six deaths so far on the Welsh mountain range in 2009, compared with five on Everest, which at 29,035ft stands almost 10 times higher than Snowdon.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> WalesOnline – News – Wales News – [ continue reading climbing Snowdon can be more dangerous than Everest, warns expert ] “Would campers please refrain from wondering in farm buildings” Tryfan East Face from tarns above Tryfan Bach A verdict of accidental death has been recorded on an experienced walker who was killed in a fall in Snowdonia. Roman Deans, 24, of Bretton, near Broughton, Flintshire, died from multiple injuries when he plunged from the east face of Tryfan in the [ continue reading ‘Careful’ walker killed in Snowdonia fall ] Colin Kirkus at Helsby The wikipedia entry for Colin Kirkus and the fact that he is so little known today is a sad. Never part of the Oxbridge/Pen y Pass glitterati. The REAL DEAL by any standards. Someone please flesh out this lad’s piece on the wiki. Colin Kirkus (19 June 1910-13 September 1942), was one of the most influential climbers Britain has ever produced. Jack Longland described the greatest rock face in Wales, Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, as “Colin’s [ continue reading Colin Kirkus – let’s go climbing ] Members of a mountain rescue team say the number of call-outs they will handle this year will almost double. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue members, who cover part of Snowdonia, have attended 114 incidents so far in 2009. That compares to an annual average of 65, and they say it reflects increasing numbers of climbers and walkers. But they also warned that instead of tackling problems themselves, people often unnecessarily used their mobile phone to call emergency services. via BBC NEWS | Wales | North West Wales | Mountain rescues double in a year. such as this! Rescuers had to help a man in a wheelchair down Snowdon after a group of people who had carried him there left him on his own during the ascent. The six martial arts enthusiasts were taking part in a fundraising record attempt and had carried the man up Llanberis Path. They decided to leave him before they reached the peak, and were too tired when they returned to carry him down. BBC NEWS | Wales | North West Wales | Man in wheelchair left on Snowdon. British Architecture, where function always follows form, does it again. “Once dubbed Wales’ “highest slum”, concerns have been raised about the cafe at the top of Snowdon following a £8.4m rebuild which opened in June. Visitors have complained of long queues, litter and poor cleanliness. The Snowdonia Society wants the National Park Authority, which owns the Hafod Eryri building, to give more details of the negative feedback.” via BBC NEWS | Wales | Snowdon cafe complaints concern. 7 October 2009  | tagged as: architecture |  | category: hills, the state we're in, Wales  | comments are closed  “Accidental death verdicts have been recorded on two walkers who died on Snowdon. Gwyn Norrel, 27, and 70-year-old Brian Middleton were among four people killed on the mountain in February. The Caernarfon inquest heard that Mr Norrel, from Shropshire, had no crampons or ice axe when he fell more than 600ft (183m).” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> BBC NEWS | Wales | Walker’s mountain hike ‘madness’: .) Lots of people asking me what the deal is on this photograph. I find it fascinating and have been known to stare at it for hours. It was taken by Geoffrey Winthrop Young in 1912 and is of Siegfried Wedgwood Herford and George Leigh Mallory Leaning against the wall of the Gorphwysfa Hotel at Pen y Pass, it is now the Pen y Pass Youth Hostel. They had just completed a “double girdle” of the face of Lliwedd then (but not now) a fashionable climbing spot. In the midst of their lives climbing they would surely have been aware of [ continue reading So what’s the big deal about this photo? ] Greg and Hamish ran caravan to Beddgelert via river walk with jump off bridge. Walked back from Aberglaslyn bridge due to sprained ankle (Hamish’s so no walking stick required). PBs are established: Hamish, 101.49.28; Greg, 101.51.35; Every kind of weather! A lovely day and the only day with a promising forecast this week! A great day’s walk with Hamish like a mountain goat. Millie much better and the Monopoly came set to get much more stick as a possible wet week in the caravan progresses. Tesco delivery arrived at site last night with lots of goodies – thanks Judith. “From Fishguard to St David’s via Strumble Head and with occasional thanks to the drivers of the Strumble Shuttle – If only Snowdonia could get their public transport act together like this!” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> Greg, Hamish and Millie in Pembroke 2009: .) |  
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