Friday 10 September 2021

GW/NW-003 Glyder Fawr

 

GW/NW-003 Glyder Fawr

07/Sepember/2021

With Rhodri today & 10 points for SOTA

What a fantastic day although slightly too hot! Took plenty of water but that adds to the weight in the rucksack..ah well. 17 contacts in total with 2 summit to summits. Only one more 3000 footer left to do in Snowdonia. I took the plunge and spent £18 on the advance online parking for Pen y Pass which went smoothly via JustPark. It was great to have my eldest son Rhodri as company today...it's been a long while since we activated a summit together. I've included some of the many photos we took of our journey which include views of Snowdon, Crib Goch, Tryfan, Y Garn and Elidir Fawr amongst others. We found a new way down which avoided the scree bits and red dots we had on the way up...seems like a new route is developing and not visible on our way up .. a 100m to the East.

A view of Snowdon at a viewing point on the road up to Pen y Pass

Our route up to Glyder Fawr

Glyder Fawr...somewhere up there

Rhodri looking across at Crib Goch....


Approaching some scree

Still working our way up

Follow the red dot trail markers...getting fainter as the years go by.


Fellow Mountain Goats...

Panoramic view towards Snowdon

Snowdon & Crib Goch....red spot trail marker on the left

The going gets slightly easier as the day gets hotter....
Arrived and activating for SOTA

11:58

GW4HQB/P

144MHz

FM

Philip s2s Fan Brycheiniog

12:01

GW4ZPL

144MHz

FM

John nr Caernarfon

12:02

GW4BML

144MHz

FM

Ben nr Llanfair Caereinion

12:03

MW7GWR

144MHz

FM

Dave nr Barmouth

12:04

2E0AGB

144MHz

FM

Allen in West Yorkshire

12:04

G4ZRP

144MHz

FM

Brian on the Wirral

12:05

M7MCG/P

144MHz

FM

Mick s2s Fountains Fell

12:06

G1PIE

144MHz

FM

Mark nr Preston

12:07

MW0NLG

144MHz

FM

Malc mobile

12:08

M7PMK/P

144MHz

FM

Paul nr Chester

12:09

GW6DGU

144MHz

FM

Roy nr Cardigan

12:10

MW7IML

144MHz

FM

Pete nr Dolgellau

12:11

MW0OFA

144MHz

FM

Frank nr Cardigan

12:12

G7WKX

144MHz

FM

Simon nr Liverpool

12:13

GW0PLP

144MHz

FM

Don nr Cardigan

12:17

GW0WMW

144MHz

FM

Mike nr Dolgellau

12:20

M6NSV

144MHz

FM

Neil in Staffordshire

 

Paraglider in view

Snowdon from my activation point

Snowdon

Towards Llanberis

Tryfan..been there and done that

Rocky summit..

Elidir Fawr and Y Garn...did those last week

Ynys Mon

Long way down but we found an easier route free of red dots and scree :)

Rhodri relaxing in the shade at tea time....

My activation set-up

VHF Antenna support – 4m Decathalon Glass Fibre Fishing pole

(VHF-UHF) Yaesu FT270 - FM (5-watts) into a ‘Slim J’

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX

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