Dwarfed - In the Carneddau
My intention today was to visit Cwm Caseg and make my way up Yr Elen’s Northern Ridge but the best laid plans etc…
I made my way deeper and deeper into Cwm Llafar, looking for a place to cross the river and couldn’t find one that I liked. Before long the atmosphere grew and the grandeur of my surroundings became almost overwhelming with Llech Ddu and the Black Ladders towering above.
I sat awhile in perfect solitude photographing a wonderful cascade with the nagging feeling that the day would be wasted unless I topped out on one the peaks beneath which I sat. I toyed with the Crib Lem scramble but strangely felt unnerved and very alone.
After an hour a lone figure appeared on the horizon, “He’s got to be going up Crib Lem” I thought to myself. When he finally arrived we said our hellos and yes, he was intending to do the scramble, “Let’s do it together mate” he said.
And so it went that Aaron and I had a great day together which could have ended very badly when a large rock I stepped up on became detached from the mountain giving me a real scare…luckily I was on bomber jugs but the rest of the ascent was a nervy one.
This shot is of Aaron on Mynydd Ddu on our descent with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llywelyn across Cwm Llafar with our ridge scramble on the right of the frame.
Dwarfed - In the Carneddau
My intention today was to visit Cwm Caseg and make my way up Yr Elen’s Northern Ridge but the best laid plans etc…
I made my way deeper and deeper into Cwm Llafar, looking for a place to cross the river and couldn’t find one that I liked. Before long the atmosphere grew and the grandeur of my surroundings became almost overwhelming with Llech Ddu and the Black Ladders towering above.
I sat awhile in perfect solitude photographing a wonderful cascade with the nagging feeling that the day would be wasted unless I topped out on one the peaks beneath which I sat. I toyed with the Crib Lem scramble but strangely felt unnerved and very alone.
After an hour a lone figure appeared on the horizon, “He’s got to be going up Crib Lem” I thought to myself. When he finally arrived we said our hellos and yes, he was intending to do the scramble, “Let’s do it together mate” he said.
And so it went that Aaron and I had a great day together which could have ended very badly when a large rock I stepped up on became detached from the mountain giving me a real scare…luckily I was on bomber jugs but the rest of the ascent was a nervy one.
This shot is of Aaron on Mynydd Ddu on our descent with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llywelyn across Cwm Llafar with our ridge scramble on the right of the frame.