Snowdon Day Trip

[Himself]

I agree with the governess, well done. Next time everest?

[Gin-Soaked]

I am pleased to inform the board that the Brass Goggles Mountain Emasculation League made summit at 1215 yesterday, after an ascent of 4 hours and 10 minutes. In total, the trip took 7 hours and 58 minutes, including 30 minues summit time.

Fantastic!!! I wish I could have been there. Did you take any pictures?

I hope you all had a great time.

Gin.

P.S. Himself, please don't temp me.

[Sir Nikolas of Vendigroth]

I am pleased to inform the board that the Brass Goggles Mountain Emasculation League made summit at 1215 yesterday, after an ascent of 4 hours and 10 minutes. In total, the trip took 7 hours and 58 minutes, including 30 minues summit time.

Fantastic!!! I wish I could have been there. Did you take any pictures?

I hope you all had a great time.

Gin.

P.S. Himself, please don't temp me.

Sir A. Poiselamppe and James Harrisson did, I was too busy looking at the rocks.There wasn't a great deal to see at the summit, as it was all foggy.

Snowdon was the largest in the group of mountains the flank Llanberis, but the others are pretty brutal as well.

[James Harrison]

That was an outstanding weekend.  Also I made it to the summit first    (Although only by about 30 seconds.)

Now then, who wants photos?

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LOADS (and I mean LOADS) more, and some of our visit to the Lake Railway and Slate Museum, can be found here.

[Gin-Soaked]

Wonderful photos. Have you got one of the group?

Gin.

[James Harrison]

Unfortunately not, as a tripod was something I forgot to take with me  

I believe however that Poisellampe and Sir Nick took one or two, including one of a steampunked mountain  

[The Governess]

Was it too windy to attempt a hat tower on the trig point?

[James Harrison]

Indeed it was.  My own tweed cap very nearly got blown off the summit after the wind got under the peak.  When we were on the cairn we had to hold onto our hats with one hand and the cairn itself with the other!  It was incredibly, unbelievably, almost dangerously gusty at the summit.  And cold.  And misty.  And foggy.  And wet.  And did I mention the cold and the wind?

[The Governess]

yes, that sounds like my previous visit. Standing a'top in August, watching the rain clouds sweeping in...

[James Harrison]

It fogged up really quite badly just as we got to the summit and then mercifully cleared enough to take one or two photos from the ridges just as we started down.  I also regret to report a fatality- my new goggles lost their lenses in the scrum in the visitor centre at the summit 

[Esme Moore]

Well done all!  Jolly good show! Mr Harrison, thank you for those photos of breathtaking views!

[Sir Nikolas of Vendigroth]

Was it too windy to attempt a hat tower on the trig point?

Damn. We could have done that, if we'd thought of it. Maybe with a gloved hand holding down our miniature hat tower.

Okay, let's do that on the next ascent of the Brass Goggles Mountain Emasculation Society.

[Sir A Poiselamppe]

Indeed it was.  My own tweed cap very nearly got blown off the summit after the wind got under the peak.  When we were on the cairn we had to hold onto our hats with one hand and the cairn itself with the other!  It was incredibly, unbelievably, almost dangerously gusty at the summit.  And cold.  And misty.  And foggy.  And wet.  And did I mention the cold and the wind?

and the crowds.... the previous days weather was awful so the summit was packed, the queues for tea, sausage rolls etc... were long to say the least....

next stop Scafell or Ben Nevis....

and now, some images ......


The view from Halfway....(down)

One of the steep sections



At the Summit



More Here:
http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/APL_015/snowdon/?start=all

[E. T. Jonasson]

Looks like it ended up being a mighty successful trip indeed! Hopefully I can participate in the next climb instead!

[TimeTinker]

Well done chaps.  An excellent endeavour.  Please accept my hearty congratulations.

[Grumfoss]

Congratulations on your exploits well done, shame I couldn't make it.

You chaps look great in your country tweeds, good job!

[James Harrison]

Many thanks for the congratulatory messages 

I've finally gotten around to stitching some of my photos together into the panoramas I intended them to be:

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From the lower slopes looking toward the summit, which is obscured by a hill



The tarn at the foot of the ridge leading to the summit with other peaks rising in the distance



Llanberis Pass from an altitude of about 2000 feet, just after we passed under the railway for the second time

[Gin-Soaked]

Very nice panoramas Mr. Harrison!

And because I could not make this trip, I shall claim the Klein Matterhorn, and the Zugspitze for BrassGoggles when I go to Europe in July! We will take over the world's mountains eventually!

Gin.

[James Harrison]

The question now is "what next?"

We were over the weekend discussing one of three options:

• Scafell Pike
• Ben Nevis
• A return to Llanberis to circumnavigate the village via the eight or nine peaks surrounding it

A walk like this over and around Scafell would be interesting I think.

[SteamBlast Mary]

Well done, chaps! I hope you had an enjoyable time of it, too, despite the somewhat inclement weather.

Er... Malvern Hills next, perhaps?? As training for your next "proper" ascents, of course.

[Sir A Poiselamppe]

Scafell pike  via Wastwater, takes in Britain best view... Wastwater Lake..... and a campsite with a pub serving food over the road...and it looks flat........

http://www.theoldpostofficecampsite.co.uk/

with the obligatory Narrow gauge railway running nearby...

http://www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk/index.html

[Gin-Soaked]

Well done, chaps! I hope you had an enjoyable time of it, too, despite the somewhat inclement weather.

Er... Malvern Hills next, perhaps?? As training for your next "proper" ascents, of course.

I have just returned from an expedition there, and I claimed the Worcestershire beacon in the name of BG.

Gin.

[Sir A Poiselamppe]

Well done, chaps! I hope you had an enjoyable time of it, too, despite the somewhat inclement weather.

Er... Malvern Hills next, perhaps?? As training for your next "proper" ascents, of course.

I have just returned from an expedition there, and I claimed the Worcestershire beacon in the name of BG.

Gin.

We need a flag of sorts... *Brassgoggles on tour 2010*....

[James Harrison]

Scafell pike  via Wastwater, takes in Britain best view... Wastwater Lake..... and a campsite with a pub serving food over the road...and it looks flat........

http://www.theoldpostofficecampsite.co.uk/

with the obligatory Narrow gauge railway running nearby...

http://www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk/index.html

Now that does look a good walk.

[The Governess]

Looks very interesting, registering a tentative interest with the obligatory proviso dependent on dates, transport and funds...