With the lack of winter arriving in North Wales as of yet Huw and myself decided to get some pre season training in. Huw excitedly called me (as if to tell me that all of the winter routes on Cadair Idris had formed up without us realising) that he had found a first class dry tooling venue in a slate quarry close by. We both scrambled up over the slate tips to be confronted with a massive retaining wall which looked climbable all over. Huw set off up the wall which was very reminiscent of climbing a busy ice fall as we were showered with peaces of crumbling slate falling from the face being knocked by huw and the ropes. Huw with his new tools made little effort of climbing to the top before my go was up. This felt more intimidating than finding yourself on some unprotected climb on the north face of the Ben to me being showered by peaces of louse slate. Huw unfazed by this got back on to take a harder line until darkness struck. I think I'm going to wait for winter to arrive!!!
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