rock climbing in Snowdonia

only a few pictures I have taken
of the dozens of routes I have climbed
(unfortunately many were climbed with no camera
let alone a digital camera)

	traverse pitch Creagh Dhu Wall 200 feet Hard Severe on Craig y Castell crag, Tremadoch Southern Snowdonia
Tennis Shoe Severe Idwal Slabs Glyder Fach, Snowdonia
	Direct Route 245 feet Very Severe "top pitch" pitch four 55 feet. 5b. "ascend the smooth corner on the left; layback, bridge or use a shoulder. flakes lead pleasantly to the shallow final corner"
Dinas Mot Snowdonia clearly shown is the nose where the above route is found
	Dinas Cromlech Snowdonia one of the most famous of all Welsh crags

climbing on

Amphhitheatre buttress
Craig yr Ysfa
Carneddau

950 feet
***
V. Diff

a long dash northwards whilst working in London was rewarded with one of the best buttress climbs in Wales
6 May 2000

Tryfan's Milestone Buttress Direct Route 250 feet *** V.Diff right is a view of the crag from the base of the climb most of the first three pitches can be seen

	above left one of a series of awarkward but easy steps to start the climb (pitch 1) above right and left is the smooth corner (pitch 2)

above two pictures of the exit from the hand traverse (pitch 3) into a cave with a bottomless view	below three pictures of the difficult crack corner (pitch 4) starting from just after the leader stepped of my shoulders !!

	bottom left is the easy slabs (pitch 5) whilst bottom right is the abseil descent back to a late lunch Tryfan main page including jumping Adam & Eve