Channel: Brave Dave

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Description: The weather report seemed pretty good so I thought I'd give the Welsh 3000s a go before winter set in. Doing it solo is way harder than doing it with someone else, or with support along the way. This is because you won't have a car waiting for you at the end, so you need to carry the necessary kit and extra food for sleeping out on the Carneddau and then walking over ten miles back to your car in Llanberis Pass (descending Pen Y Ole Wen and crossing the Glyders again along the way). This adds a lot of extra weight to your backpack, which uses up more energy, makes movement much slower and increases the chances of slipping over and having an accident. Having mist and wet rocks for the entire way certainly doesn't help anything either. The next time I do this I will be mega fit so that I can do the whole thing and then get all the way back to my car in one go. That's the best part of 50 miles of rough mountain terrain. So yeah, meeeeega fit! It's also kind of funny how this attempt was exactly ten years to the day since my first ever 3000s experience. That was way back when I was very new to the mountains and it's genuinely shocking how unprepared and naive I was about what the 3000s actually entailed. I like to think that I have a bit more knowledge and experience these days though ;)