Saturday 13th Sept, Snowdonia, North Wales

I was back in Snowdonia with Mel and John H. working for discover adventure with a group from the charity Macmillan.org.uk who are all heading out to climb Kilimanjaro in January and February 2009.

We spent Saturday enjoying perfect weather conditions on a sunny Moel Siabod, acending the NE ridge and helping the group practice moving over rocky terrain. We found many small rocky steps on the ridge and had fun teaching everyone to move confidently on rock. This was a new experience for many of group and should help prepare them for the ascent of Barrenco Wall during their trips to Kili. The picture on the left is Sarah, the charity rep, who joined us for the weekend.

As we approach the summit we met Mel and her group who were enjoying the views and lunch by the cairn. After a brief stop for a team photo of both groups we headed down.

Our descent route was down the steep rocky ridge running SE down to a small lochan at Llyn-n-Foel.

We passed through the old mine workings which looked very interesting before heading back down to the track to the valley and YH at Capel Curig.