This is where I keep a record of all my days spent on Britain’s mountains. Like every self respecting obsessive, I like to keep lists!

The author on Y Garn after a great day climbing in Cwm Graianog

Hill log

2002

Aug 02    Silver How (Lakes) with Jamie

Nov 02    Harrison Stickle (Lakes) with Jamie and Barry

Dec 02     Pavey Ark via Easdale Tarn (Lakes) with Jamie

2003

Aug 03    Scafell Pike (Lakes) with Jamie and Nicola

Aug 03    Pillar (Lakes) with Jamie, Nicola and Jon

Aug 03    Yewbarrow (Lakes) aborted at Great Door (due to loss of bottle) with Jamie

Nov 03    Snowdon-Yr Wyddfa (Eryri) with Nicola and Debbie

Nov 03    Ogwen to Capel Curig via Bwlch Tryfan (Eryri) with Jamie, Nicola and Debbie

Dec 03     Bowfell and Rossett Pike (Lakes) with Jamie

Dec 03     Loft Crag (Lakes) solo

2004

May 04    Pike O’Stickle (Lakes) solo

May 04    Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark (Lakes) solo

June 04    Crinkle Crags and Bowfell (Lakes) with Jamie

June 04    Helvellyn (Lakes) with Jamie

Aug 04    Tryfan, Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr (Eryri) with Gary and Jim

Aug 04    Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Gary

Sept 04 Scafell Pike (Lakes) with Jamie

Sept 04    Pen yr ole wen, Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewelyn (Eryri) with Gary

Sept 04    Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain (Eryri) with Gary

Sept 04    Great Gable (Lakes) with Jamie

Dec 04     Pavey Ark and Thunacar Knott (Lakes) solo

Dec 04     Lang How and Helm Crag (Lakes) with Jamie

Dec 04     Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle (Lakes) with Jamie

2005

Apr 05     Cnicht and Moel Meirch (Eryri) with Malcom, Val, Shiela and Will

Apr 05     Gallt yr ogof and Y foel Goch (Eryri) with Malcom, Shiela and Val

May 05    Glyder Fach, Glyder Fawr and Y Garn (Eryri) with Jamie and Barry

June 05    The Nantlle Ridge (Eryri) with Jamie

June 05    Y Garn (Eryri) with Jez

Aug 05    The Snowdon Horseshoe (Eryri) with Fanny, Joe and Sandra

Sept 05    Tryfan and Glyder Fach (Eryri) with Mat, Jorge, Kate, Jon, Ian, Fanny and Luke

Nov 05    Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewelyn (Eryri) with Jamie

Oct 05     The Cobbler (Scotland) with Jamie

Dec 05     Ben Lomond (Scotland) with Jamie

Dec 05     Cnicht (Eryri) with Mat

Dec 05     Moel Hebog and Moel yr Ogof (Eryri) with Mat

Dec 05     Tryfan (Eryri) with Liz

2006

Jan 06      Y Garn, Foel Goch, Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y filiast (Eryri) solo

Feb 06     Beinn a Cleibh and Ben Lui (Scotland) with Jamie

Feb 06     Stob Dearg (Buachaille etive mor Scotland) with Jamie

Feb 06     Ben Vorlich (Scotland) with Jamie

Mar 06     Glaslyn (Eryri) aborted due to finding a corpse with Mat, Ian, Rachel and Luke

May 06    Tryfan (Eryri) with Jorge, Luke, Ian and Rachel

June 06    Tryfan (Eryri) with Mat and Giz

June 06    Cwm Bychan and Mynydd Sygun (Eryri) with Mat and Giz

June 06    Tryfan (Eryri) with Barry, Nobs and Petre

June 06    Y Garn and Elidir Fawr (Eryri) solo

Aug 06    Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Barry and Nobs

Aug 06    Yr Wyddfa night ascent (Eryri) with Jeff, Ian, Jorge and Simon

Sept 06    Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Nobs

Sept 06    Yr Wyddfa and Y Lliwedd (Eryri) with Nobs

Sept 06    Y Foel Goch (Eryri) solo

Oct 06     Cnicht (Eryri) with Barry and Nobs

Oct 06     Tryfan (Eryri) with Barry and Nobs

Nov 06    Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Jamie and Mat

Nov 06    Glyder Fawr (Eryri) with Jamie and Bernie

Dec 06     Tryfan (Eryri) with Jamie

2007

Feb 07     Y Garn (Eryri) with Nobs

Feb07      Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Nobs

Feb 07     Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn and Yr Elen (Eryri) with Mat, Peter, Rodney and Dave

Feb 07     Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain and Yr Wyddfa (Eryri) with Peter and Dave

Mar 07     Tryfan, Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr (Eryri) with Dave

Apr 07     Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Ian

Apr 07     Tryfan (Eryri) with Peter and Vicky

May 07    Beinn Narnain and the Cobbler (Scotland) with Barry

May 07    Shantron Muir, Craperoch and Balcnock (Scotland) solo

May 07    Pen yr helgi du, Pen Llithrig y wrach and Creigiau Gleision (Eryri) solo

May 07    Moel Siabod (Eryri) solo

May 07    Yr Wyddfa (Eryri) solo

May 07    Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr (Eryri) with Nobs

May 07    Pen yr ole wen, Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewelyn (Eryri) with Nobs

June 07    Idwal Slabs and Cneifion Arete (Eryri) with Peter

June 07    Foel Fras, Garnedd Uchaf, Foel Grach, Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd (Eryri) with Peter

June 07    Moel Siabod (Eryri) retreat due to high winds with Maggie

June 07    Y Garn (Eryri) solo

July 07     Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain and Yr Wyddfa (Eryri) with Peter, Ian and Carlijn

July 07     Tryfan and Glyder Fach (Eryri) with Nobs

Aug 07     Glyder Fawr (Eryri) via Ordinary Route, Cneifion Arete and the Gribin with Jeff

Aug 07     Garnedd Ugain and Yr Wyddfa (Eryri) via Clogwyn y Person with Jeff

Aug 07     Craig y Cau, Pen y Gadair and Mynydd Moel (Eryri) with Brenda

Aug 07     Lliwedd  via the Gribin (Eryri) with Peter

Sept 07     Blencathra (Lakes) with Peter, Jean, Sam and Basil

Sept 07     Cat Bells, Maiden Moor and High Spy (Lakes) with Rob and Luke

Oct 07      Tryfan and y Glyderau via Bristly Ridge (Eryri) with Mat G, Paul R, Sam and DBK

Nov 07     Buachaille Etive Mor via North Buttress (Glencoe) with Jamie

Nov 07     Stob Coire Sgreamhach via Sron Na Lairig (Glencoe) with Jamie

Nov 07     Y Garn, Foel Goch and Elidir Fawr (Eryri) with Peter

2008

Jan 08       Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain (Eryri) with Peter

Jan 08       Spidean Choire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe/Torridon) with Jamie Griggs, Jamie L, Alex, Simeon and Jules

Jan 08      Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Peter

Feb 08     Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain (Eryri) with Nobz

Feb 08     Glyder Fach via the Cneifion Arete (Eryri) with Peter, Rodney and Nobz

Mar 08     Tryfan (Eryri) with Peter, Abie and Kevin

Apr 08     Tryfan (Eryri) via First Pinnacle Rib with Mark, Jeff and Grant

May 08    Tryfan (Eryri) via First Pinnacle Rib with Jamie and Nobz

June 08    Craig Yr Ysfa (Eryri) via Amphitheatre Buttress with Jeff and Nobz

June 08    Glyder Fach (Eryri) via East Gully Arete with Jeff and Nobz

July 08    Carn Mor Dearg (Ben Nevis/Lochaber) with Jamie and Nobz

July 08    Stob Dearg via D Gully Buttress (rescued by the Royal Navy SAR team )  With Jamie and Nobz

July 08    Gallt yr Ogof, Y Foel Goch, Glyder Fach, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn, Foel Goch,        Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y Filiast (Eryri) with Rob Pontefract

Aug 08    Garnedd Ugain via Clogwyn y Person arête (Eryri) with Nobz

Aug 08    A’ Chir (Glen Rosa, The Isle of Arran) with Jamie

Sept 08   Glyder Fawr (Eryri) via Idwal Slabs, Holly Tree Wall, Continuation Wall Seniors Ridge

Sept 08   Carnedd y Filiast (Eryri) via Left Edge with Jamie and Nobz

Oct 08    Gyrn Wigau, Drosgl, Bera Mawr, Yr Aryg, Garnedd Uchaf, Foel Grach, Carnedd Llewelyn, Carnedd Dafydd and Pen yr Ole Wen (Eryri) with Peter

Oct 08    Ben Vane (Arrochar Alps) with Jamie

Oct 08    Cneifion Arete (Eryri) with Jamie

Oct 08    Clogwyn y Person Arete (Eryri) with Jamie, Rodney and Ollie….did not finish

Oct 08 Glyder Fawr via Y Gribin and Y Garn (Eryri) with Jamie and Jules

Nov 08 Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr via Bristly Ridge (Eryri) with Tabitha and Nobz

Nov 08 Tryfan (Eryri) with Tabitha and Nobz

Dec 08  Snowdon and Y Lliwedd via Y Gribin (Eryri) with Jamie and Nobz

Dec 08  Tryfan (Eryri) with Jamie and Nobz

Dec 08   Am Bodach, Meall Dearg, Stob Coire Leith and Sgurr Nam Fiannaidh (The Aonach Eagach Glencoe) with Jamie

2009

Feb 09 Snowdon (Eryri) via Central Trinity with Jeff

Feb 09 Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Jeff

Feb 09 Y Garn (Eryri) via Banana Gully with Peter

Feb 09 Snowdon (Eryri) via Rhyd Ddu and Snowdon Ranger with Peter

Feb 09 Garnedd Ugain and Snowdon (Eryri) via Parsley Fern Gully with Jeff, Peter and Nobz

Mar 09 Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Jenna and Abie

Apr 09  Tryfan via First Pinnacle Rib (Eryri) with Simon Perkins, Peter Lane, Jeff and Kyle

Apr 09 Harrison Stickle (Lakes) with Vicky Cumming

May 09 Craig Cwm Silyn via Outside Edge (Eryri) with Peter

May 09 Cnicht (Eryri) with Peter and Dave

May 09 Foel Goch, Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y Filiast via Needles eye arête (Eryri) with Dave, Kyle, Jeff and Andy

May 09 Llwytmor, Foel Fras, Garnedd Uchaf, Foel Grach, Carnedd Llewlyn, Carnedd Dafydd (Eryri) with Andy

June 09  Crib Goch, Garnedd Ugain and Yr Wyddfa (eryri) with Clive, James, Simon, Paul and Mark

June 09  Tryfan (Eryri) with James, Simon and Mark

June 09 Carnedd Dafydd and Pen yr Ole Wen (Via Llech Ddu spur) with Jeff and Rhiannon

July 09 Blencathra (Lakes) Via Sharp Edge with Jamie

July 09 Needle Ridge Great Gable (Lakes) with Jamie

Aug 09 Llyn Croesor (Eryri) with Peter and Dave

Aug 09 Ogwen to Nant Peris via The False Gribin, Y Gribin and Glyder Fawr (Eryri) Solo

Aug 09 Craig Cau, Pen y Gadair, Mynydd Moel and Gau Graig (Eryri) with Andy

Aug 09 Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn and Pen yr Helgi Du (Eryri) with Andy

Sept 09 Tryfan, Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr (Eryri) with Michael

Oct 09 Blencathra (Lakes) via Sharp Edge with Nobz

Oct 09 St Sunday Crag via Pinnacle Ridge (Lakes) with Nobz

Oct 09 Carnedd y Filiast via Atlantic Slab (Eryri) with Peter Lane

Oct 09 Whernside and Pen y Ghent (Yorkshire Dales) with Rob

Dec 09 Moel Hebog, Moel yr Ogof and Moel Lefn (Eryri) with Nobz and Andy

Dec 09 Y Garn via the East Ridge (Eryri) with Jamie

Dec 09 Glyder Fach via Bristly Ridge (Eryri) with Jamie

Dec 09 The Cneifion Arete (Eryri) with Jeff, Rob and Audrey

Jan 10 Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain (Eryri) with Jeff, Jamie and Mark

Jan 10 Foel Goch (Eryri) via Yr Esgair with Jeff and Andy

Jan 10 Y Garn (Eryri) via C Gully with Jeff and Andy

Jan 10 Glyder Fach (Eryri) via Main Gully with Jeff

Jan 10 Glyder Fach (Eryri) via Bristly Ridge with Jeff and Gavin

Jan 10 Glyder Fawr (Eryri) via Hidden Gully with Andy

Feb 10 Pen yr Ole Wen via Broad Gully and Carnedd Dafydd (Eryri) with Nobz, Rob and Ben

Feb 10 Y Garn via A Gully with Nobz

Mar 10 Y Garn (Eryri) via B Gully and Banana Gully with Andy and Jamie Weaver

Mar 10 Snowdon (Eryri) via Left Hand Trinity with Andy and Jamie Weaver

Jan 10 Glyder Fawr (Eryri) via Hidden Gully with Andy

Feb 10 Pen yr Ole Wen via Broad Gully and Carnedd Dafydd (Eryri) with Nobz, Rob and Ben

Feb 10 Y Garn (Eryri) via A Gully with Nobz

Mar 10 Y Garn (Eryri) via B Gully and Banana Gully with Andy and Jamie Weaver

Mar 10 Snowdon (Eryri) via Left Hand Trinity with Andy and Jamie Weaver

April 10 Tryfan (Eryri) via Gashed Crag with Nobz

April 10 Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks, High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike (Buttermere) with Andy

May 10 Tryfan (Eryri) with Lucie

May 10 Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr (Eryri) with Lucie

May 10 Crib Goch and Garnedd Ugain (Eryri) with Lucie

May 10 Glaramara (Borrowdale) with Lucie, Peter and Dave

Aug 10 Tryfan via First Pinnacle Rib (Eryri) with Lucie

Aug 10 Mynydd Mawr via Sentries Ridge (Eryri) with Andy and Nobz

Oct 10 High Stile via Mitre Buttress Direct and Oxford and Cambridge Route Direct (Lakes) with Lucie

Oct 10 Pavey Ark via Jack’s Rake, Harrison Stickle and Pike O’Stickle (Lakes) with Lucie

Oct 10 Grey Knotts via Gillercombe Buttress (Lakes) with Lucie

Nov 10 Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Andy and Lucie

Nov 10 Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd (Eryri) with Andy and Lucie

2011

Jan 11 Glyder Fawr (Eryri) via Tower Slabs with Rob

Jan 11 Y Garn (Eryri) via Banana Gully with Lucie

Jan 11 Mam Tor (The Peak) with Lucie

Jan 11 Stob Choire an ‘t-Sneachda (Cairngorms) vihe Runnel with Peter, Jeff and Callum

Jan 11 Fiachaill a’ Choire Chais (Cairngorms) with Mark

Mar 11 Tal y Fan and Drum (Eryri) with Andy

Mar 11 Tryfan (Eryri) with Andy and the Himalaya mob

Mar 11 Crimpiau (Eryri) solo

Mar 11 Helvellyn via Striding Edge, Nethermost Pike and Dollywagon Pike (Lakes) with Lucie

Mar 11 Blencathra via Sharp Edge (Lakes) with Lucie


April 11 Craig Cwm Silyn via Ordinary Route (Eryri) with Lucie

April 11 High Stile via Suaviter, High Crag and Haystacks (Lakes) with Peter

April 11 Grisedale Pike, Hopegill Head, Whiteside, Eel Crag, Scar Crags, Sail, Causey Pike (Lakes) with Peter

June 11 Bowfell via Bowfell Buttress (Lakes) with Peter

June 11 Grasmoor (Lakes) with Peter

July 11 Dow Crag via C Ordinary and Coniston Old Man (Lakes) with Lucie and Jamie

July 11 Harrison Stickle via the SW Face (Lakes) with Lucie

July 11 Scafell Pike (Lakes) with Vlastik, Tomas and Zdenek

Aug 11 Snowdon via South Ridge (Eryri) with Lucie

Aug 11 Glyder Fach via Bristly Ridge (Eryri) with Lucie

Sept 11 Cnicht (Eryri) with Lucie

Sept 11 Crimpiau and Craig Wen (Eryri) with Lucie

Sept 11 Y Garn via SE Ridge (Eryri) with Lucie

Sept 11 Moel Siabod (Eryri) with Lucie, Miles and Daniel

Sept 11 Ullock Pike, Longside, Carlside, Skiddaw, Skiddaw Little Man (Lakes) with Peter

Sept 11 Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Scafell (Lakes) with Peter

Nov 11 The Fairfield Horseshoe (Lakes) with Rob

Dec 11 Llyn Caseg Fraith (Eryri) with Nobz

Dec 11 Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd (Eryri) with Simon

2012

Jan 12 Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewelyn (Eryri) with Lucie

Jan 12 Snowdon via Rhyd Ddu and the Ranger (Eryri) with Lucie

Feb 12 Back Tor, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor (Peak) with Lucie

Feb 12 Elidir Fawr (Eryri) with Peter

Feb 12 Y Garn II, Mynydd Drws y Coed, Trum y Ddysgl (Eryri) with Peter

Mar 12 Moel Benedin, Glasgwm, Aran Fawddwy and Aran Benllyn (Eryri) Solo

Mar 12 Moel Fferna, Cadair Bronwen and Cadair Berwyn (Berwynion) Solo

May 12 Y Garn II, Mynydd Drws y Coed and Trum y Ddysgl (Eryri) with Lucie and Ray Dimmock

May 12 Y Garn (Eryri) with Lucie

May 12 Moel Sych (Berwynion) with Lucie

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