Shade Bathing: The Plexus Buttress

Llion on Gardd HVS- just right of the plexus Buttress

Despite a poor forecast a couple of days ago the weather has been awesome today, blue skies and sunshine, with it being hot from early on. So we decided to head to the Plexus Buttress, as the few days dry weather, combined with the shade would make this the crag to be at today.

The usual problems with late weekend starts was the parking so I dropped of the team at the Cromlech Boulder and rushed down the Nant Peris Park and Ride. The price is down to £1 a ride. I arrived just in time to catch a bus almost instantly up the Pass. The it was all systems go.

Dinas Mot was utterly rammed, There was someone on nearly all the easy routes, and every belay, a team was on Jubilee climb, and then we arrived at the Plexus Buttress, and it appeared that we weren’t the only people with the same idea, as there was someone of the trilogy of classic routes, Nexus, Plexus and Ten Degrees North. So Llion did Gardd, a little HVS/E1 to the right of Plexus.

Having done that the routes had cleared through and I set off up Plexus or Nexus, can’t remember its the right hand E1 anyway. Llion lead through, and we had a fun time with the ropes on the traverse, so I managed to take some snaps.

A great day out, really nice to see the Pass busy, even if it did mean we had to wait to get on the classics. I just hope the weather holds next week.

Someone of Plexus or Nexus? its the right hand one anyway
Pete Rowlands on the awesome 'Ten Degrees North' - E2 Plexus Buttress.
Gripped! The thank god jug!
Someone called 'Dave' on the second good pitch 3rd real pitch of 'Ten Dgrees North' - The Steep Jug fest over, he now has the crux of ...xus, the reach right for the thank god jug

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