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So about last year I done a route up Tryfan I was ment to do the north ridge but i know for a fact it wasn’t there was one bit we’re like u had to jump a gap and after that there was a rock move were u had to pull you’re self up and there was no hand holds and it was on the right side that rock thing cuz there was a scramble to the left and to the right and then I fell of it then I went and found another way and it led me to the top of the north tower does anyone know what route it was and I know it wasn’t the north ridge cuz I came down the north ridge after being scared of the tower 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

The N Ridge of Tryfan isn't a single line.  You can make it as hard or as easy as you want to depending on the line you take.

In reply to GrahamD:

Ik that But I’m almost certain it wasn’t the north ridge 

In reply to GrahamD:

Also I remember i went off more to the east 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Is your keyboard broken?

In reply to Blue Straggler:

No

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Sav, is that you?

In reply to bouldery bits:

Who’s that lol

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Christ bud, take a breather. Then we might be able to help figure out what you done did.

In reply to Donotello:

Ok so do u know what I did ?

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

I think it was Suspended Sentence that you did.

In reply to webbo:

Ok thank you let me check it

In reply to webbo:

I couldn’t find it

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Yeah but no but but yeah..... etc. 

In reply to webbo:

Genius work! 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

I think you did Fourth Pinnacle Rib

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Do you have a guidebook for Tryfan?

In reply to Andy Hardy:

I have Steve Ashtons

In reply to birdie num num:

Isn’t that grade 3 ?

In reply to GrahamD:

I think I've done the north ridge about 5 times over as many decades, and each time it's felt completely different. There are just so many different lines and variations you can take. But the north ridge is the north ridge. You can't mistake it for anything else (e.g. one of the right-hand buttresses on the east face. Because for those you have to traverse hundreds of feet away from the north ridge along the Heather Terrace. )

In reply to webbo:

Excellent😀

In reply to birdie num num:

Does pinnacle rib have have a bit we’re u have to cross this gap and there is like a 100 m drop and you have no hand holds and after that theres 2 options to go one looks like a really hard scramble on the left and the right one has this blocky scramble with no hand holds ?

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:

Ye ik what you’re saying but the thing is I didn’t see the cannon stone or nothing and there was really exposed like crack drop thing u had to almost jump over with no hand holds wich is certainly not grade 1

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

But the Pinnacle Rib routes are nowhere near the north ridge! And they're MUCH more than scrambling. 

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
ye I just looked up pinacle rib it’s no way near as bad as that the route what I went up looked like Bastow buttress but I’m not 100 percent sure 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

I've done the North Ridge three times and never found the cannon stone. By the easiest line the North Ridge is certainly grade 1 that doesn't mean you can't take a harder line if you want or by accident. And that doesn't mean that other line has its own name.

The exposed bit you're talking about might be crossing the Notch if you accidentally take the eastern traverse. It might not be though, and frankly it doesn't really matter.

If you really want to map out exactly where you went, you could try looking on Google Earth, which has unreasonably high resolution in that area.

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Well, Bastow Buttress is the only thing other than the north ridge that possibly fits your description, so that could be what you did, though I still think it more likely that you did one of the variations on the north ridge.

In reply to Suncream:

Yes I went to the east 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Are you sure? 

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:

Is it possible to go on the north ridge and accidentally go on to Bastow buttress ?

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

I suppose so. But it's a bit odd. I don't know what would make you go round there, it's just so obviously off route. I don't remember any particular obstacles on the first bit of the north ridge. It got trickier much higher up.

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:

I remember I just went on the first rock I seen like I took the direct route what ever that is 

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:

Oh and it started off as this gully what u walk up 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

You may have strayed onto Belle View Bustiness

In reply to birdie num num:

What’s that 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

I might have to check the guidebook, but I'm pretty sure what you did was go for a walk and got a bit lost.

In reply to GerM:

No it was no way near a walk it was at least grade 1 + scrambling 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

If you started at the north tip and ended up on the summit, you did North Ridge. I have done that ~20 times and literally never done the same route twice. I have done easy scrambling, VS soloing, jumping gaps and everything inbetween. North Ridge is not a set route as such and until you get to the last bit it is a really rather wide cone of rock with many many routes.

In reply to Suncream:

It's not unreasonable, it's brilliant. You can waste ages seeing how many climbs you can find in detail, Cromlech and Dinas Mot particularly excellent 😁

Just needs the same resolution in the Lakes, Peak District, Scotland, all of UK, the world...

In reply to Suncream:

It's high enough that I used it to find the base of a route up Glyder Fawr in a complete white out. Totally cheating at navigation right there.

In reply to Alkis:

I downloaded the app on iPhone and I don’t know how to use it

Also, top tip: Google Earth is a **much** better topo of Lliwedd than Rockfax... 😆

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Yeah, but even though it is really good fun, grade 1 scrambling is really just walking on steeper bits of rock isn't it?

In reply to GerM:

Not really some are like I think crib goch is more of a walk than a scramble but I wouldn’t count Tryfan as just a work nor bristly ridge 

In reply to Cneifion Arête:

Why on earth don't you buy a guide book, Scrambles in Wales' or something.

Someone with your lack of knowledge and experience shouldn't really be wandering around the hills and scrambling without a good guidebook.

Have you ever climbed on grit?