Film photos from North Wales 0 ▲ Bluebottle's blog 2 hours ago · Life · hide · 0 comments Recently I went on a trip to North Wales, Eyri to be exact (the Welsh name for Snowdonia - Snowdon, the mountain the area is named after and the tallest mountain in Wales, is Yr Wyddfa in Welsh). We didn't hike up Yr Wyddfa - it's the busiest peak there, and there are many other mountains to climb which are less busy and just as spectacular. We were there to do some Scrambling, which is sort of hiking with some climbing bits - but climbing that can be done in your walking boots with minimal or no protection (ropes, etc). This doesn't mean it's not scary! A lot of climbing related things are psychological I've discovered. Even the easiest climb - a straight shoot up some ledges or manoeuvring yourself up inside a corner with lots of good hands and footholds - is scary if there is a big drop looking up at you from below. What if I fuck it up? What if the rock I'm holding onto randomly breaks? Anyway, it was a good, fun experience with a little element of danger. None of these photos are… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.