Idwal Slabs- Ordinary Route Diff

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As a special treat (for both of us) I took Gruffudd up the Idwal Slabs this afternoon seeing as the weather was perfect and his big brother was playing at his friends house. We climbed the Ordinary Route which is graded Difficult and is 140m long. I cut some of the pitches short so that I could see him all the way up the route. I shouldn't have worried though as we was in his element and coped well with the climb as well as the descent (ascent!). Not bad for a short afternoon and we were rewarded with a deserted route as well.
Idwal Slabs
 Pitch 1.
 
Stance - Pitch 1.

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