Coastal Climbing

Working with the weather this week we have spent some time at the coastal venues in North Wales. After spending Tuesday dodging showers we managed to bag 4 or 5 classics at Pen Trwyn.

 

Pil E1 5B - Pen Trwyn

 

The Wirral Whip 7C+ - Llanddulas Cave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snake Bite Wall E4/E5 6a - Holyhead Mountain

On Wednesday we decided to go to the usually dry all weather venue of Llanddulas only to find a stream of water running down the Forgotten Sun Area, but up at the Upper Cave area the routes were in a semi dry state and the sport began. With ascents of Mind Light F6a+, Spider Mite F6b, Llanddulas Ditchwater F6c and Owen making the moves on The Wirral Whip.

We headed for the Slate in the afternoon to the reliable Dry Bus Stop with a quick stop at the Caban cafe for lunch.

With dry weather on Thursday we headed to Gogarth which was dripping wet in places, so we split into 2 teams. James and Simon  headed to Yellow walls and Smurf Zawn for some adventure on "The Savage" E2 5b,5b and some inadvertent new routing. Whilst Owen and I headed to great Quartzite walls of Holyhead Mountain. Climbing "Brothers" HVS 5a  and Owen missing out on the Flash of "Snake Bite wall " E4/5 6a.