Cadir Idris the hard way

Back in the easter hols the apprentice and RRMK2 took on the 3rd mountain of the W3P (Welsh 3 Peaks)

So in a baking hot day

we set forth

to tackle 

the last big one of the set. 

Naturally we had Mrs Bear 

And Ace

Plus Keeeeef

and Rich and Evie, yes dear readers the team had assembled. 

So were we going to saunter up the tourist track?

No way! We were going to ascend via the crack of doom route 

which basically means walk to rock wall at end of col and climb 

which is easy at first. 

Time for lying around.

But soon it gets steep.

Then very steep.

So steep

its hard to find a rest space,

The last bits are silly steep, like climbing, and the snow made it so much more fun,

This is Keeeeeef in the CoD.

And again, hes not a quick climber is Keeeeef

RRMK2 was first to top out 

and pretty soon all of us were almost at the top all survived. 

Farther on, the apprentice rests with Mrs Bear

RRMK2 caned it to the summit

and then the apprentice got out Eric and Ernie for the summit shot.

Proud dad photo

There's a shelter on the summit, no cafe like Snowdon.

Mrs Bear hates posers. 

The descent was via the tourist track a much longer but safer way and the weather started to change.

Looking back...
 And thats where the battery failed :)

A top day out in the mountains.