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NEWS: A Mountain Out Of A Molehill?

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 Jack Geldard 22 Sep 2008
Mynydd Graig Goch was previously recorded as peaking at 1,998ft (609m), just two feet shorter than the required height to tip a hill into the category of mountain. But now three ramblers have measured the muddy peak at six inches over 2,000ft, challenging previous Ordnance Survey measurements and precipitating a formal reclassification.

Mynydd Graig Goch is home to the crag Craig Cwm Dulyn, a little climbed outcrop to the south west of Cwm Silyn. It is still unknown if the recorded climbs on this crag are in fact two and a half feet longer than the current guidebook descriptions and whether the newly found extra height will have any significant bearing on the grades of these routes...

Read More: http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?month=09&year=2008#n45330
 alx 22 Sep 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Editor - UKC:
Let me guess, Hugh Grant and seemingly unforeseen romance ensued?

Alx

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