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• Lleyn by Iwan Arfon Jones, Dave Ferguson, Pat Littlejohn (2002)
• 176 pages of text, maps, drawings and photographs
• ISBN 0-901601-70-5
• £10
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Left: Wylfa Corner, Wylfa West. Photo by Pat Littlejohn.
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The
sea cliffs of the Lleyn Peninsula provides some of the most adventurous climbing
in North Wales. Some of the descents are said to be more gripping than the climbs
themselves! Routes such as Vulture and Path to Rome at Cilan Head have long
been recognised as classic adventure routes. Others such as Fantan B on Craig y
Llam (in The Rivals) and Samurai at Tyn y Towyn Quarries have also become popular
amongst those seeking something different. The new guide describes many other climbs
at all but the easiest grades, on rock of varying quality. To those who are looking
for adventure climbing away from the crowds of Snowdonia the new guide is a
must. A total of 400 climbs are described.
The new guide is based on the text of
the privately-published 1997 guide by Dave Ferguson and Iwan Arfon Jones
but it has been updated by a revised text and the addition over a further 70 new
routes and Pat Littlejohn has joined the writing team. Pat has been new routing
in the Lleyn for 25 years whose enthusiasm for the area is as great as ever (20
new routes so far this year!). The updated text is supplemented by a Historical
(for the first time for the area), and an expanded first ascent section (containing
profuse quotes from the first ascensionists, and a few telling quotes from repeat
ascensionists, often on the epics that seem to go with climbing in the Lleyn!),
together with six new crag drawings and eight action photos.
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