Support needed for charity walk up Snowdon!!!

[littleblondie]

Hey there everyone!!

I am doing a challenging (challenging for me! ) charity walk up Snowdon on 27th September in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind.. the charity has recently lost a few fundraising events and a friend has organised this.. We are going up as a group.. anyone wishing to join us are welcome!! We are trying to raise as much money as possible for this very worthwhile cause...

I would be most grateful for any support from ZXRclub members and forum visitors...

Please check out http://www.justgiving.com/SNOWDONGUIDEDOGS which is a site where you can donate safely online.. and add supporting comments!!

Many many thanks

Littleblondie.. aka Debs xxx

[masterofinsanity]

good luck, see you've raised a fair bit already.

[Mori Man]

Should have merged this with your previous post




Good luck with it

[littleblondie]

Cheers Guys!! We are half way to our target.. trying to raise £1,000

Which post did u mean?

[Scott221]

I've done the Watkin path twice, you get some really fantastic views once your on the ridge and even better when you reach the sumit, give yourself enough time and take alot of water. I'm sure you already know this though, any questions... ask away.

[littleblondie]

Cheers Scott!! Think we are doing the Watkin path too, hopefully should be good and am praying for some good weather to take in the views once we reach the top!!!

[Mori Man]

Cheers Guys!! We are half way to our target.. trying to raise £1,000

Which post did u mean?

Not yours, doh! But would make a good collaboration though

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[littleblondie]

Cheers Guys!! We are half way to our target.. trying to raise £1,000

Which post did u mean?

Not yours, doh! But would make a good collaboration though

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hmmm drew.. doesnt take too much to confuse me

Hey everyone leaving today for my walk up Snowdon tomorrow!!! yay!!!!

Scott.. someone in our group has been bit concerned bout us all taking the Watkin path.. says it may not be suitable for 1st times n the not so fit of us...(im fit of course lol) what you reckon being as you have done that walk yourself? am getting my kit all ready soon... the weather forecast looks quite good!! Hopefully the feet n legs will hold out ha ha ha!!!

[masterofinsanity]

good luck Debs!!!

[Mori Man]

Have a safe one, ATB

[Scott221]

Scott.. someone in our group has been bit concerned bout us all taking the Watkin path.. says it may not be suitable for 1st times n the not so fit of us...(im fit of course lol) what you reckon being as you have done that walk yourself? am getting my kit all ready soon... the weather forecast looks quite good!! Hopefully the feet n legs will hold out ha ha ha!!!

A good base level fitness will see you through it, People with injuries, past or present, heart conditions etc shouldn't do it. Its about 3 miles long and the steepest route up the mountain as it starts from the lowest point. There are pleanty of places to stop on the way up, there is even a waterfall with the clearest water I have ever seen in my life which you can jump in if you really feel like it (although when we did it - it was 25 degrees!). Make sure you take some good clothes, water and some food thats high in carbs. Take it slow but allow yourself enough time, give yourself atleast 2-2.5 hours for the ascent.

EDIT - Oops. I'm a day late, so, how did it go?

[littleblondie]

Hey I made it!!!!

Cheers Scott for the advice and cheers Baz for the good luck!!

It was a beautiful day and the sun shined all day for us. Well for someone who had never even seen a mountain close up i was taken aback about how stunning it was.. the walk we did was very beautiful. We made a steady pace and the blind guy we took with us.. (we were raising money for Guide Dogs for the Blind) did really well and we guided him as best we could all the way.. It was quite hot and those waterfalls looked very tempting on the way up.. but we said maybe on the way down! We stopped every so often to rest and made a steady climb. Some of our group decided to take a slight short cut and climb up the grass up to the ridge..the rest of us carried on and met them further round... the last part up the steep, vertical stoney part was quite hard and a little terrifying to some as it was quite slippy in places but hey we made it!! The views were truly amazing!! We had some grub at the top and decided to take a different path down while the macho guys again took the hard route and brought the cars round the mountain to pick us up!! lol
Will post a couple of pics up ... if any of you still wish to sponsor do let me know or go to
http://www.justgiving.com/SNOWDONGUIDEDOGS
which is a great cause and will be grateful for any donation.. however small or big!! xxxx

[Scott221]

The views when your on the ridge are something else aye! I know the part you are on about, its a bit dodgey, fair play to the blind guy for getting up there as well. Did you see any jets flying through the valleys?! One came through right over Snowdon last time I was there and absolutely scared the toad out of me!!!

[masterofinsanity]

well done Debs look forward to the pics !!