


Standing at just over 3,560 feet tall, Snowdon is only a fraction of the height of Kilimanjaro. Nevertheless, its rapid transformation from a calm shallow climb to steep rock faces, severe wind chill and quite literally hands and kness climbing (at least on the "Miners Track" route that we did), would, we hoped provide a good test for us.
And boy we were not disappointed. In the conditions, the climb was most definitely the hardest thing I have ever done. So much so that at one point I slipped on the ice - quite badly - right over a sheer drop of a few hundred feet. Very scary indeed. The wind became so severe that the two lightest members of the team, Jane and Jacqui sensibly decided to call it a day half way up. A very good call by them as, within a few yards of them deciding it was too extreme, the wind got even worse.
5 of us made it to the top: Charlie, Jez, Simon, Peter and myself. It was incredibly rewarding. The feeling of getting to the top in such atrocious weather was a real spur to pressing on for the big days to come.
5 of us made it to the top: Charlie, Jez, Simon, Peter and myself. It was incredibly rewarding. The feeling of getting to the top in such atrocious weather was a real spur to pressing on for the big days to come.
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