Scrambling

Even if you have support and the conditions are perfect, the Welsh 3000s is a very tough challenge. I have made a number of attempts at completing the 3000s completely on my own, two of which I (naively) attempted to run the route. The main problem w...

Since first discovering it in July 2018, my favourite scramble by far has been Bryant's Gully, on the side of Glyder Fawr, facing Crib Goch. It is an epic climb, due to its massive size (800 meters high with at least 500 meters of actual scrambling) ...

I decided to tick off a load of high grade scrambles all in one day. I had previously only done one Grade 3, and other than some brief descriptions in my guidebook I really didn't know what to expect. If you don't know, for a scramble to be Grade 3 i...

I've never been up on Crib Goch before when it has been so windy and yet sunny at the same time. Not only that but we had the clouds blasting right at us which looked really cool and at times quite surreal. Loads of fun! We set off expecting wind, ra...

When out and about on the mountains I often have my GoPro around my neck; to film little bits and pieces, or just in case something happens. And after having crossed Crib Goch ridge on a windy, misty March afternoon something most definitely happened...

I'd wanted to try a grade 3 scramble for a while, to see what one is actually like. Every time I've been up Crib Goch I've looked over at the Clogwyn Y Person Arete and figured that I'd have to climb it at some point. So I did. And Danny did as well....

After many months away from the mountains I finally got back over to Snowdonia and enjoyed a superb day in the sunshine, powering up Tryfan, scrambling Bristly Ridge for the first time and meeting lots of people along the way.

Due to not having attempted the Welsh 3000s for several years I'd forgotten about how important it is to eat a lot of food in the days leading up to it which resulted in a total loss of energy on our way up Elidir Fawr (which is a shitty mountain at ...

I stormed up Aonach Eagach to check out its famous ridge. I'd not done this mountain before and only knew about it from reading a few things online. Once I'd got up there was a bit of confusion as the mist had descended and I wasn't sure what I was l...

I've crossed Crib Goch well over 100 times but I have also slept up there a few times as well, including once in the ice (not recommended)! There's not a lot of space, and you definitely won't be pitching a tent on the ridge, but for one person in a ...

Myself, JD and Tristan went up and around Snowdon through some pretty interesting weather. We enjoyed total whiteouts, blistering wind, dodgy ridges and icy scrambles, after which we camped in a freezing bog by the lake. Everything got wet and I mana...

I took Eva up Tryfan's North ridge, despite her being ill and injured. She's a tough cookie, this one. We climbed the Cannon and jumped between Adam and Eve in ridiculously strong wind. The forecast was for fog but we were above the clouds so much th...

A guy called Kev emailed me to say he'd seen my Welsh 3000s failure videos from a few years ago and that he too had failed them in the past and wanted to go back and have another go, and would I like to join him. I said "Yeeeees!" This is a video abo...

This is vintage video of the time that my mate Sam and I decided on a whim to go and do the National 3 Peaks. Sam asked me on the Monday and by Thursday night we were at the base of Ben Nevis, setting up the tent to try and get some sleep before star...