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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Jan 9, 2018
- 1 min
Blue Bird Day On Snowdon
Winter climbing on Snowdon
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Dec 14, 2017
- 1 min
Winter Mountaineering
Winter skills and climbing in Snowdonia
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Dec 9, 2017
- 1 min
Winter on Crib Lem
Winter mountaineering in Snowdonia
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Oct 19, 2017
- 1 min
Snowdon Horseshoe
Guided day around the Snowdon Horseshoe
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
Scrambling Skills
Scrambling for beginners course in Snowdonia
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Sep 1, 2017
- 1 min
Family Climbing Day
Today I was joined by a super keen family for their daughters first go at outdoor climbing. We went to the lovely Tryfan Bach crag, in the shadow of the larger Tryfan it has some great lower grade climbing and is set amongst the impressive Ogwen Valley. Both girls did an amazing job and managed loads of climbing and some abseiling - hopefully they're hooked! #RockClimbing #Tryfan #Ogwen #Snowdonia #Family
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Jul 1, 2017
- 1 min
Stunning Day On Crib Goch
Today I was out with 5 gents for their first trip along Crib Goch. To get ahead of the crowds and get a parking space we went for an early start, although even at 6am the car park at Pen Y Pass was nearly full. The hills were shrouded in mist but the forecast was promising. The ascent of the East Ridge gave us no views but at east it was dry with good scrambling conditions. At the top we took a break, the clouds threatening to break. Soon they did, revealing a a fantastic vis
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Dec 15, 2016
- 2 min
Autumn Scrambling
Scrambling in Snowdonia - Tryfan and Cneifion Arete
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Nov 5, 2016
- 1 min
Super Week in the Mountains
Week in the Snowdonia mountains
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Aug 24, 2016
- 1 min
Classic Rock Climbing day in Cwm Idwal
Sun was shining for my day out with Mike, working for Seren Ventures. He wanted to have a go at multi pitch climbing and no better venue to have your first day than Idwal Slabs in the Ogwen Valley. The slabs offer some excellent lower grade routes and several can be linked together. We started on Tennis Shoe, graded Hard Severe. This is one of the harder climbs on the main slabs and has 4 -5 pitches of brilliant climbing with an exhilarating finish. After that we climbed Laza
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- Aug 22, 2016
- 1 min
Wet Day on Crib Goch
I was out with fellow Munro Compleater (all the Scottish mountains over 3000 feet) Humphrey today for a traverse of the classic grade 1 scramble, Crib Goch. The route is actually 2 scrambles and starts with the steep and often exposed East Ridge of Crib Goch before continuing along the ridge to Crib y Ddysgl. This is a route on nearly every aspiring scramblers to do list and is rightly popular. It should, however, not be underestimated. It is in places extremely exposed and t
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Rusty bale
- Jul 26, 2016
- 3 min
Starter Scrambles in Ogwen
The last few weeks I've been fortunate enough to introduce a few people to scrambling and no better place to give it a go for the first time than the Ogwen Valley. So here is a brief round up of 3 excellent Grade 1 scrambles to cut your teeth on. Y Gribin Ridge The upper part of the ridge that divides Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach provides an excellent and easy to find and follow scramble. Best tackled right along it's crest. There are numerous worn paths on it's western flank
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- May 29, 2016
- 2 min
North Wales at it's best
Last week I had the pleasure of 4 days rock climbing with Sharna. We started last Sunday - in the rain so we opted for some 'big boot' mountain routes, kicking off with a mix of Rowan Route and Milestone Buttress scramble. Although a bit wet and slippery the routes have plentiful big holds and are well protected. At the top the rain had stopped and we made our way round to the East Face of Tryfan via the Heather Terrace. Our next route was a lovely Difficult graded climb call
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
- May 20, 2016
- 2 min
Wet Adventure on Snowdon
Back out with Rebecca and Chris yesterday, week 3 of their Tim Harrop Mountain Activities Mountain Month. We were after some climbing and with a pretty poor forecast we opted for a 'Big Boots' mountain day. Rebecca wanted to do Clogwyn Y Person Arete on the Snowdon massive, so we decided that would be our goal of the day. It's a grade 3 scramble that rises out of Cwm Glas and finishes on Crib y Ddysgl - the ridge that links up with Crib Goch. It's a pretty serious scramble wi
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