Is it to become one THE hardest fell race in the country, adding Glyder Fawr would make it a considerably bigger run...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-n...wales-11375937
Is it to become one THE hardest fell race in the country, adding Glyder Fawr would make it a considerably bigger run...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-n...wales-11375937
Confirmed...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/out...-mountain.html
Hope they keep the route for the race though, but there are some very good and rough lines to be had off the back of Glyder Fach...
I think the addition of Glyder Fawr will make the race route much better. If from C Dafydd the route goes down to Ogwen and up Glyder Fawr and to Pen y Pass, this will take out that long tarmac lane. There will be a small amount of extra climb.
Yiannis
I heard the other day that the organisers were considering posponing next years race!!!
i think there are two route options available.either go from Carnedd Dafydd down to ogwen lake via cwm lloer track from Pen yr ole wen and not the direct route as this would be a bit too dangerous for runners.through cwm idwal up the devils kitchen path to llyn y cwn and then the same route as the peris to pen to pass.this could work well with the short race too.or from llyn caseg fraith,over Glyder Fach around castell y gwynt to glyder fawr and down to pen y pass the same way as the peris race,this one could be a bit more tricky nav wise though
Yeah we were talking about this yesterday, down Pen Yr Ole Wen South ridge and up Gribin would be around the quickest wouldn't it? Be great if that was allowed. Very rough though. Otherwise think it would go via llyn Y Cwn.
I think it'll either stay as was or go the same way and then around Glyder Fach, the nav Fach to Fawr is easy enough and then pick up the Peris.
Don't forget it, also means the Ras Pedol Peris (Peris Horseshoe) is now 8505ft rather than the previously thought 'only' 8500ft... ;-)
'Normal' people are the ones you don't know very well.
You know I'd never heard of the term "super mountain" before..
Apparently it was invented by one of the surveyor's - in his own words:-
The term Super Mountain was invented by me and I take full responsibility for it!! I don't even apologise for it either even though I personally don't like it and probably will never use it again. In gaining publicity I thought it would be more "grabbing" for the Media than saying "Hewitt increases by 1.8m", and lots of publicity is what we achieved.
John