Sunday 11th Nov - Pont Cyfyng Falls, Siabod & Bright Orange Gore-Tex

Quite a bit of a gap since the last blog………I guess we were busy. Most of August was filled with Ecuador, followed by a stunning climbing weekend down at the Gower. Have to fill in the gaps later.

The snow of that first weekend in November disappeared as quickly as it arrived, shame, but still managed to find a small gully to play in. Sunday just gone had some possibilities but just not cold enough.

 

Starting from Bryn Glo we headed over the bridge, a couple of paddlers were having a go at the Grade 5/6 Cyfyng Falls, mad bast**ds, fair play it was in good spate. The first one made it through the first plunge, then waited for the second, a good go but was unseated. The paddler was ok but the Kayak shot off and got wedged further down. I guess they carried on down, I’ve only ever seen it done a couple of times. Some chap with a Go Pro filmed it from the wall, should make a good view if you can find it.

 

The cloud build was colossal over the Snowdon and Carnedeau ranges, split in half by the Glyders, the break just leaving Tryfan in the clear for most of the day, so too Siabod. Had a good scramble then headed down.

Nearing the forest we caught up with a guy from Gore who was taking part in the Gore-Tex media event at PYB, sporting a lightweight Arcteryx top in bright Orange, with a ripstop weave inside, we had a good chat, nice bloke. Seems he was ‘the’ chap responsible for the new ‘Pro’ material due to be launched soon. From what he said we should be expecting some startling improvements in breathability! No pressure there then.

 

Talking about what we wore on the hill in the UK, I said unfortunately we usually have to take everything, A) to stop the thieving gits stealing it from your car, and B) were likely to experience sunstroke to force 10 in the space of 20 minutes.

No I’ didn’t take a picture of the new jacket, that would have been too gearfreaky even for me. Wish i had though