Members' photos

[Majorbloodnok]

Me at the weekend, in the pouring rain near Sty Head:
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Next time, bring the correct kit. 
 

Yeah......

[Deano]

Warning: the photo below may not be suitable for viewing by those of a nervous disposition....



Me on Saturday night, all dressed up for my BD BBQ

I wish I could have come to your BBQ now!

[Quisling]

Me, having just crossed Crib Goch in the rain at 5.30 am and descended the north ridge on wet rocks.  Hence the look of a man who has been clenching his buttocks for a couple of hours:




The north ridge in question...


I went on to complete the Welsh 3000's but due to the weather ended up a little outside the target 24 hours as I had to bivvy on Carnedd Llewelyn in the fog and dark.  Headtorch was brilliant, but just reflected off the fog so I had to wait to dawn to continue.

....and me on a BMX ("Chain's a bit non-existent")

[Charlotte]

Looks amazing (if a little moist...)  I've been wanting to do Crib Goch for years now!

[tonyh]

I went on to complete the Welsh 3000's

Congrats! Sounds splendidly epic.

(Next time, easier to start/finish on Crib Goch and use Cwm Glas Bach to/from Nant Peris?)

[TimO]

Looks amazing (if a little moist...)  I've been wanting to do Crib Goch for years now!

I remember doing it when I was at school, and I've always been a bit nervous about heights.  I only really completed it then because there were people in front and behind me, so I had to go on!  I don't think I'd do it again.

As I recall it wasn't really difficult at all, just what is referred to as a bit exposed, ie you edge around a rock with your feet on some convenient bits to support you, over a thousand foot drop if you put a foot wrong!

I've been up Snowdon several times since, but only via the easy paths.

[peliroja]

I did Crib Goch and the Snowdon Horseshoe with my Dad when I was a wee lass. We were climbing a lot of Pyrenean 3000m'ers at that time, and dong routes like Longland's Climb on Cloggy so I remember it feeling rather easy. I'm sure that would not be the case nowadays. 

[peliroja]

More here: http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/camping/  for those that like it damp!

Is that the Wasdale Head in the photo of Mrs Mike in the tent? Our family has spent many a happy non-Christmas Christmas in the self-catering flats there - brilliant fun walking up Gable on Christmas Day.

[tonyh]

doing routes like Longland's Climb on Cloggy

Admiration!

[peliroja]

doing routes like Longland's Climb on Cloggy

Admiration!

Why, thank you! Do you know it? I remember finding it quite challenging, aged about 13. 

[mike]

More here: http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/camping/  for those that like it damp!

Is that the Wasdale Head in the photo of Mrs Mike in the tent? Our family has spent many a happy non-Christmas Christmas in the self-catering flats there - brilliant fun walking up Gable on Christmas Day.

good spot - certainly is!!   Niiiice beer but The Worst loos I've ever seen outside a couple of places we had to use in India.

[tonyh]

Do you know it?

Only from a safe distance! Way above my standard, which was about v. diff. on a good day.

Quisling's fine Crib Goch picture... more familiar with that. "The Threes" in 1964, 10.5 hours. And in 1988 with 15-year-old companion, 16 hours. Though neither used the nice North Ridge.

[BrianI]

Stopped at a wee cafe for coffee and scone today while out for a blast on my road bike. I noticed the cafe had some antiques / odds and sods for sale, and I spotted this handsome chap for sale:



Cast iron, and very heavy.  I must admit I wimped out trying to cycle home with that stuffed in a jersey pocket, but picked it up in the car after I got home!   

Looks like it's an old fashioned fireside companion, and if you lift his helmet you see his poker (oo-er missus). His helmet needs a bit of a polish too (ahem).

[Aidan]

My Gran had one of those.

[little miss mac]

The north ridge in question...

This is the stuff of my nightmares. Sweet baby jeebus, people actually go up there voluntarily  

[sg37409]

From a great wee cyclying exhibition in Brittany

[Mike J]

From a great wee cyclying exhibition in Brittany

Is there a forum member hidden somewhere? 

[Rhys W]

Yes, it's "photos of members", not "some photos that members took"! Interesting photos, but worthy of a thread of their own.

And no, please do not start posting photos of your members.

[DrMekon]

simonp sporting his Mille Cymru top, taken and posted to twitter all without losing the draft.

[rogerzilla]

Carradice straps're a bit slack.

[andrewc]

The north ridge in question...

This is the stuff of my nightmares. Sweet baby jeebus, people actually go up there voluntarily  

I did it in my mis-spent youth, with some nutters from Salford University mountaineering club........  at night..

Better that way, you can't see the drop...

Breakfast was cooked on something they'd stolen from a road gang, who used it to keep tar liquid. Like doing a fry up on one of Concorde's afterburners...

[plum]

Moi, en vacances, resting at the 'Rue du Ballet Bastard'. Interested to find the background of such a place name...



Maybe belongs in the captions thread - 'Wish I'd brought my tights'.

[Rhys W]

I almost fell off my chair when I flicked through this week's Cycling Weekly. One of the photos they used to illustrate a story about the Dragon Ride is of me!

[Hot Flatus]

Thats you on Pg 44 with the Ajax top on  

[Cudzoziemiec]

A photo of me, ideal for recognition purposes:



Taken by my son this morning - his first time with a camera, and he shows a marked preference for still life!