Going Going Gone.

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We had a very damp and VERY windy day today. Climbed Central Route (III) with Mark Daniel who had driven up from Coventry this morning (brave man).


Had to go out today just in cased this was it. The weather forecast was OK but warming up this afternoon. Reality was that it was thawing heavily by the time we arrived at the bottom of Central Route around lunch time but we waited our turn and had a slow but enjoyable ascent. From our experience today I don't think the route will be there tomorrow as it was a lot narrower than Tuesday and had been hacked about a lot from so many ascents over the last couple of weeks. Temperature here in Caernarfon at the moment is a balmy 7.5 degrees. Lets hope if gets cold again before it all disappears.
The above picture is of Mark on the first pitch of Central Route (III).

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