On 22/12/2008 gordoste wrote:
>haha looking at your photos joe i think maybe the walkdown was the better
>option! The capping block i'm talking about is in the very top right of
>your first photo, and it's probably about 80m higher than the ledge that
>guy is standing on.
>The advantage of having a rap station where it's marked in the guide is
>that you can protect the right-facing corner that leads to it (as opposed
>to soloing an unprotected polished slab). That pitch is marked in the guide
>as the 3rd pitch of Llfanwod.
>It looks like it would be 4 raps to get all the way down from the very
>top. There's a really nice double waterfall and swimming pool right at
>the very top (marked "The Bath" in the guide). I would guess that not many
>people have been there because it seems many people rap off Mother Of Pearl
>from where you did.
>We walked down on the L (looking out) as the guide suggested.
my legs are still recovering from that bloody walk out!!!! if i was to climb it again i'd take an inflatable tube and ride the falls to a death less painfull!!!