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Ron James MBE was a British mountaineer, rock climber, and writer who was a co-founder of the Ogwen Cottage Mountain School in Snowdonia, North Wales in the UK. Born in January 1933, he died in March 2023 aged 90. James was an accomplished rock climber with over 40 first ascents in North Wales.
Tryfan, Glyder Fach and the cliffs around Cwm Idwal offer rock climbing with routes ranging from those suitable for beginners to those requiring great technical expertise. The mountains can be approached from Llyn Ogwen to the north, where there is a car park, or from Nant Peris in the Llanberis Pass where there is a park and ride service .
Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from Crib Goch, Snowdonia. The Welsh 3000s are the 15 Welsh Munros.These are mountains in Wales that are over 3,000 feet (914.4 m). Geographically they fall within three ranges (the Snowdon Massif, the Glyderau, and the Carneddau), but close enough to make it possible to reach all 15 summits within 24 hours, a challenge known as the Welsh 3000s challenge.
Snowdon (/ ˈ s n oʊ d ən /), or Yr Wyddfa (Welsh: [ər ˈʊɨ̞̯ðva] ⓘ), is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales.It has an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
Clogwyn Du'r Arddu is considered to be one of the best traditional climbing areas in Britain, [1] [2] and has been called "The shrine of British climbing", [3] and a "crucible for the development of most of the finest climbers in Britain and the scene of many of their finest achievements".
Llyn Idwal, Summer 2008. Cwm Idwal is a spectacular product of glaciation, surrounded by high crags, screes, moraines and rounded rocks, with a lake on its floor ().Cwm Idwal comprises volcanic and sedimentary rock which was laid down in a shallow Ordovician sea, and later folded to give rise to the distinctive trough-shaped arrangement of strata known today as the Idwal Syncline.
This category is for books (fiction and non-fiction) whose primary topic is climbing or mountaineering. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Below is a partial list of books by Perrin listed by Amazon as in print (on 7 November 2016): Mirrors in the Cliffs (ed.) (1983), Diadem; H.W. Tilman: The Seven Mountain-Travel Books (1985), Diadem, edited and introduced; Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain-Travel Books (1985), Diadem, edited and introduced; Spirits of Place (1997), Gomer Press