Its been a while since there was any form of actions on the re-equipping front in North Wales, whilst people have been plugging away at bolting up their own projects, very little in the way of replacing old bolts has occurred. Possible because the majority of the more well know routes have already been re-equipped, leaving a few less classic, more obscure and difficult to access locations.
Last weekend Mike Raine headed up to one of these harder to access places and re-equipped the belays on his routes Dinorwic Unconquerable, possible the finest hand jamming crack in North Wales and the appropriately named route ‘The long and Winding Road’ that describes the approach. These routes saw an ascent by James McHaffie, Llion Morris and Mark Dicken shortly before they were re-equipped.
Having done Dinorwic Unconquerable I can testify its ‘classic’ jamming status, a route well worth seeking out by any wannabe Yosemite Valley Rat.
I received an email today from Mike asking if anyone is available on Tuesday 17th March for some re-equipping work on the Great Ormes with Chris Parkin. It looks like I am busy, but if anyone out would like to get involved, a day out with Chris is always a hoot, then contact me through my instructional website and I’ll do my best to connect you to hopefully a small team of keen volunteers.
