Well today I have been teaching people on a walking group leader qualification, at Plas Y Brenin, we went for a stroll around Carreg Y foel Gron, a nice if a little esoteric single pitch venue above Bleaneau Ffestinog. The day was nice, however I have a 8pm session, so I am hanging about in the Plas Y Brenin bar, which on any other day would have a stunning view. It always makes me think about being high onn the Snowdon Horseshoe when I look out, and right now I am thinking about the poor individual who is currently ‘cragfast’ or stuck on Crib Coch, with the Llanberis Mountain Team making their way up to him/them?
I guess it is a bit surreal, and one reason I really don’t want top start twitter, as the delay involved in blogging allows a slight modification and addition of morality to arguments. In fact a report suggested that sites like twitter do not allow us to morally process life, or some such nonsense.
After my blog yesterday I was worried that some of the people on UKC might take over arguing who was to blame, rather than just accepting that accidents can and do happen, and that all I was doing was highlighting how you can potentially avoid that. Given that many of those people might be reading this blog now I thought I would like back to another blog/article on how to stay safe when climbing.
It was nice to see that at least 2000 climbers have read my blog on the quickdraw incident, and even better that UKC have added to the resources available with a short video.
I also put another little article on What is coaching over on unsurprisingly my coaching blog, if you get over there I hope you enjoy it!