Comments on: The Glyders: the roof of our land http://waleshome.org/2010/03/the-glyders-the-roof-of-our-land/ Independent analysis from and about Wales Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: rikrok http://waleshome.org/2010/03/the-glyders-the-roof-of-our-land/comment-page-1/#comment-54180 rikrok Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:17:59 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=8539#comment-54180 Brwcsyn, I bet you don't generally say "Paree" for Paris, nor call Japan Nippon as they Japanese do, nor do you probably call Finland Suomi for that matter. So similarly English speakers are likely to call Y Glyderau the Glyders. (I get your point though with this beign a Welsh website!) Wonderful mountains, the best I have ever walked, and good article on them too. Brwcsyn, I bet you don’t generally say “Paree” for Paris, nor call Japan Nippon as they Japanese do, nor do you probably call Finland Suomi for that matter.
So similarly English speakers are likely to call Y Glyderau the Glyders. (I get your point though with this beign a Welsh website!)
Wonderful mountains, the best I have ever walked, and
good article on them too.

]]> By: Brwcsyn http://waleshome.org/2010/03/the-glyders-the-roof-of-our-land/comment-page-1/#comment-8436 Brwcsyn Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:36:12 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=8539#comment-8436 Very informative, but please get the name of the ridge right - Y Glyderau, which is the plural of Glyder. There's no need to anglicise it to Glyders, although it's common for English guidebooks to do so. Very informative, but please get the name of the ridge right – Y Glyderau, which is the plural of Glyder. There’s no need to anglicise it to Glyders, although it’s common for English guidebooks to do so.

]]> By: Munk http://waleshome.org/2010/03/the-glyders-the-roof-of-our-land/comment-page-1/#comment-8284 Munk Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:35:40 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=8539#comment-8284 An interesting and informative article. Totally agree that the Glyders should not be overlooked for some of the better known Snowdon peaks. The walk up certainly cleared my hangover! There are some truly breathtaking views as well, providing the weather is kind! An interesting and informative article. Totally agree that the Glyders should not be overlooked for some of the better known Snowdon peaks.

The walk up certainly cleared my hangover! There are some truly breathtaking views as well, providing the weather is kind!

]]> By: Duncan Higgitt http://waleshome.org/2010/03/the-glyders-the-roof-of-our-land/comment-page-1/#comment-8252 Duncan Higgitt Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:51:36 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=8539#comment-8252 I went to the Glyders once, back in my mountain walking days. We left the car near Llyn Ogwen and climbed to the top of Tryfan with a view to walking the ridge - quite similar to what is described here. What was miserable at the bottom was near impenetrable at the summit. Forced to rely on my map reading skills, I hunted in vain for a landmark, but couldn't be sure what I was seeing on the ground tallied with what was on the map. Eventually, the mist cleared enough to see a valley floor below us. Accepting that we were totally lost, my mate and I took a somewhat steep and probably ill-advised route to the bottom (oh, to be that fit again), only for me to realise, once we were there, that we had instead descended into Llanberis Pass. By this point, we had been rained on for about four hours, the water had got inside the map case and mulched crucial parts, and our boots were waterlogged (we were both kitted appropriately, but even a well-maintained pair of Chris Brashers will only take so much). Deciding that heading back across country was probably not sensible (I remember my mate's comment being something along the lines of: "If you think I'm following you again, you can **** off), we instead headed for a sure route and took the 15-mile road route, via Capel Curig, back to the car. It wan't the end of the world and it wasn't a disaster (although, in an era before mobile phones, I felt it prudent to phone the missus and explain that I would be considerably later than planned), but I still feel a bit of an idiot now about it. My mate forgave me, though. I went to the Glyders once, back in my mountain walking days. We left the car near Llyn Ogwen and climbed to the top of Tryfan with a view to walking the ridge – quite similar to what is described here.

What was miserable at the bottom was near impenetrable at the summit. Forced to rely on my map reading skills, I hunted in vain for a landmark, but couldn’t be sure what I was seeing on the ground tallied with what was on the map. Eventually, the mist cleared enough to see a valley floor below us. Accepting that we were totally lost, my mate and I took a somewhat steep and probably ill-advised route to the bottom (oh, to be that fit again), only for me to realise, once we were there, that we had instead descended into Llanberis Pass.

By this point, we had been rained on for about four hours, the water had got inside the map case and mulched crucial parts, and our boots were waterlogged (we were both kitted appropriately, but even a well-maintained pair of Chris Brashers will only take so much). Deciding that heading back across country was probably not sensible (I remember my mate’s comment being something along the lines of: “If you think I’m following you again, you can **** off), we instead headed for a sure route and took the 15-mile road route, via Capel Curig, back to the car.

It wan’t the end of the world and it wasn’t a disaster (although, in an era before mobile phones, I felt it prudent to phone the missus and explain that I would be considerably later than planned), but I still feel a bit of an idiot now about it. My mate forgave me, though.

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