@@cdskateboarding thanks dude! 2 options for descent! One is to return to the start point via a stepped easy gully (less than grade 1 terrain). Or from the top ridge you can walk down easily on either side of the crag on well defined paths. Though often this is combined with another route from the Heather terrace/east face of tryfan.

Plentiful holds but suspect rock in places and generally lower quality than some of the others but I guess it's fairly straightforward! If you want to test the waters, can try little tryfan, which is a good start. Good holds. Reasonable exposure. Shortlived if its a bit much. Good rock quality. I'd always recommend that as my go-to starter grade 3.

Very sensible! It's mostly good rock but there was a significant accident on it a few years back!

You're very welcome! You've also reminded me. I keep meaning to update the description on this video to remind everyone to check the ground conditions on the bmc website. Which I would have benefitted from on this trip! So I'll do that now! 😁

It is a gopro. I put it on a headstrap and these days "try" to not rapidly glance about too much! Even with the smoothing settings on it can be a bit rapid if I'm not careful.

Thank you Jamie! You're very welcome! Weather has been absolutely terrible recently and I've been inundated at work. But more is coming!

@@Astilath no drama, worthy of positive feedback. Love your attitude to the scrambles. You and Bald Scrambler aka Daniel, ha! Ogwen valley is a special place to find one self.

Thank you! Seems like the vote is tending towards commentary over music. Although both are fun to make. I think the choppy videos are a drive towards awful tiktok style <30 second videos. Shorter videos are preferred by the KZbin algorithms. Some metrics seem based on "people still watching after x% of video runtime". Which is obviously favoured by shorter videos. But not good for longer scrambling "route guides". That's not my priority (though better stats would be nice) but I'll mix it up eventually with shorter bouldering and trad route videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! I do love getting feedback! 😁

"Purity of the line" 😉

​@@Astilath- New format with commentary is better - very instructive, Carl (formerly Boiling Frog).

@@This.Island.Earth68 glad you liked it Carl! Much appreciated feedback! 😁

100% spot on 🤣🤣🤣

Fantastic! Glad it came in handy! I've not done shark buttress yet. But chasm was a good laugh! I'll go repeat that at some point. 😁 I have done nor nor too but honestly I can barely remember it! I'm really appreciating everyone's feedback. For such a small channel I feel like I'm getting a lot of engagement. It's brilliant 😁

Thanks Richard! You've not seen the last of the eclectic tunes 😉🤣

All climbing grades can be a bit of a joke. 😅 To be fair, even most grade 1 routes carry a significant risk of injury or death if you're unlucky or careless. That description was a brief/poor explanation of how I rationalise scrambling grades. I have always thought of it like... Grade 1: simple tech and limited exposure eg. Crib Goch. Or techy and less exposure e.g. tryfan north ridge. Grade 2: a bit more techy while being less exposed/less techy while being more exposed. With maybe some other factor like route finding being awkward or the route always being wet. E.g. Bryants Gully or Esgair Felen direct. Grade 3/S: some (or all, for an S) of the above to a greater extent. Maybe my meaning didn't come across so well. Not for the first time! As you say its very subjective and of course all it takes is a loose hold, a wobble in balance or a even just a bad mood and what would normally be comfortable suddenly feels terrifying. I climbed cneifion arete in winter once, had a migraine come on for the second pitch. I went from "great fun!" to "is this how I die?" In about 5 minutes! Luckily I was with a partner, climbing with gear and I still managed to lead safely. In hindsight it was still great fun in a twisted way 😅

Thanks dude! I will look at that! Not really explored the analytics. What started off as a bit of an exercise in fun has proved a little more popular than I'd anticipated 😅 Thanks for the feedback! 😁 If you've got any route suggestions I'd love to hear them! Thinking of Parsons Nose next. Then getting round to shark buttress and bilberry terrace!

I've found that my vids with average percentage viewed of above 40% tend to get shown more prominently on KZbin, I have a couple over 50% and one of those has had 18k views so I'm always trimming the footage down and trying to cut out the fluff but I'm still learning myself. Having wide-angle footage from a GoPro on a ledge or tripod seems to help and drone footage adds a sense of scale which is hard to achieve with a GoPro on a head strap but it's a total pain having to stop all the time to setup up cameras/tripods/drone etc and editing is more difficult with dozens of different cuts. Route wise, how about Shark Buttress and Chasm Face combo? You wouldn't need to walk far with both being close to each other and both are at upper grade 3. I published the Eastern Terrace of Cloggy scramble on my channel a few days ago and the western terrace looked way more challenging and doesn't have many ascents logged. @@Astilath

@@thebaldscrambler I tried to film chasm face. It didn't really feel like scrambling after that short wall. Quite a laugh though! West terrace of cloggy felt like the grade 3 was for risk rather than technicalities but the rock is very unique! So that's a good shout! 😁 I've not really got the budget for multiple cameras and a drone, unfortunately. I'd invested in an auto-tracking drone years back but the company flopped. It was a kickstarter thing. Got my money back. But no drone. Thanks for the advice! I should pay more attention to that stuff! 🙈

Thank you very much for the brilliant feedback! I'm working on my editing. 😅 I've got much more experience with climbing than editing and it probably shows! A blended approach is likely the winner! As with everything 😁

Excellent 😂

I didn't need popcorn! I nearly bit my nails to the quick just watching this back again 🤣

I'd say that 3 is similar to 2 but with either more exposure or a more technical section. This has a technical section to start (the corner) with a fair bit of open ridge scrambling later at about G1. The holds are all great. But the start is a bit steeper than you might have found on G2s.

@@Astilath cheers for the reply mate. Seen a lot of your videos and I do enjoy your fearless attitude to scrambling. 🤙🏻

@@JayChambers83 wicked feedback that 😁 Usually I get "your music is rubbish" 🤣 sometimes that's fair... 🤭

@@Astilath ah music is music, it’s personal and if it works when you’re scrambling as an accompaniment then happy days 🤙🏻! Your vids are quality all round. 😎

Thanks! So would I! 🤣 It's one of the last few routes in the guide I've not done! Watch this space!

Thanks Nick! Hoping to do more soon!

@Astilath ace, look forward to seeing what you get up to👍

I did feel like I was sort of throwing myself up it 😂 I'm toying with shark buttress next. Need an opportunity for a longer day out! 😁

Thanks! Yes. It was a speedy trip from Bangor to the base and I got a few funny looks from boulderers as I jogged past. Charming German chap being guided down the gully commented I looked like I was late for work. Told him it was my lunchbreak and he said I should have brought my laptop and "worked from home" 😂

@@Astilath Yes! sat atop Adam or Eve logged onto a zoom call would be cool 🤣

That's VERY fair. That move is on the cusp of 3S/diff territory!

"I would" 🤣

Hi Husain, was trying a pair of Salewa wildfire 2. Very nice. Super sticky and very secure feeling all the way. 😁

Ooh nice! Good week for it! Yeah it was bone dry for me and I do like to go with the "line of most excitement" 😂 I lead about E2-E3 trad so scrambling feels fairly safe until the rocks are crumbling! 😅

That's deffo a highball boulder... 🤣 Though generally the V is capitalised for bouldering grades. Might not sound like it matters but with Font grading and French sport grades an f being capitalised or not could denote the listing in the guide is either a bolted sport route or a boulder. So it's worth bearing in mind. I'm going to assume you're not sure what is meant by Grades in scrambling terms. Scrambling, sport climbing, trad climbing and bouldering have different grading systems in the UK. Scrambling is generally graded from 1-3 with either a plus, minus or an S to denote particularly risky or technical route etc. You could consider a grade 3 scramble to be equivalent to a diff or possibly a grade 3-4 in sport grade terms. But often with the added consideration of position of the route. Hope this helps clear up your confusion 😁

🤣 I'm very flattered you would prefer to listen to my heavy breathing (and wind clipping a microphone) for 10 minutes! 😉 I hear plenty of Brits playing music on Bluetooth speakers these days unfortunately too. On a more serious note. The music on these seems to be a polarising feature. Some people comment that it's great, some people like yourself make "clever" comments about how they dislike it. If there is a particularly nice natural sound then I'll leave it (idwal slabs with the water running down the gully). But funny enough, up in the fairly barren spots like this there are no songbirds or angelic choirs to create a wonderful natural soundtrack. What I may do is pop up two videos in future. One with and one without. See which is most popular in terms of views 😁

Thanks a lot dude! 🥰

Feels more like wall climbing with the option of bridge moves instead of the craggy spikes and chimney on cneifion. Super holds though. And if you took a handful of big wires you could protect it very easily. Exposure makes it feel pretty serious but just because you start quite high up. Ace route. I can deffo recommend it! If in doubt take a 20m (or more) rope and some simple runners. Big nuts more useful than slings on that section.

🤣 nice! Why didn't you upload it? I'm sure your 8 subscribers would love that! 😜 Seriously though I do know what you mean. This was on an earlier model of gopro so stabilisation wasnt as good as is standard these days. My laptop was very old and didn't like working with big video files so I had to murder the quality. KZbin also did dicky things to the frame rate and quality when I uploaded for some reason 🤷‍♂️ So all in all, not exactly a 4K experience! I have slightly better kit these days and also learned a lot making my early videos. Though it's only cneifion arete. There's probably dozens of videos out there of this one. It's the esoterica which I most enjoy uploading and those videos run a bit smoother!

Very fair! All opinions are welcome! 😁 I have had more positive comments about the music than negative so far. I will be doing more videos without though. If there's particularly nice natural sound, I do leave it. Like with my idwal staircase video with the runnign water. But it's rare that the natural sound is anything other than wind rattling a mic or breathing! I have more plans though for different video styles 😁

@@Astilath its nice to hear someone who can take a little criticism without being taking it the wrong way...nice one Rhys, I wish you luck and happiness with all your adventures! 😀

I will put some more up like that! The idwal staircase one I left with the water sounds. But I wonder how much of my heavy breathing people would put up with! When I'm watching back the footage I feel like Gopros make me sound like an asthmatic who smokes 40 a day! Maybe that bothers me more than it should 🤣

Very fair! I think one big plus for this one is its escapable. I found a stuck sling too so I think it's commonly climbed with gear. Tried a couple of triptans. One had some mild effect but left me feeling so weak and awful I'd be worried aboit using it out in the hills! Still waiting for a doc to take me seriously and not leave my local practice 10 seconds later. Had some very unsympathetic doctors and very high staff turnaround at my local doctors. Not given up yet though! 🙂

@@Astilath That sucks. With mine, I wake up with them and the drug works in the morning in conjunctions with extra strong coffee and a super hot shower... I think the dopamine from all that works with the sumatriptan. If I get one in the middle of the day i'm screwed as the drug doesn't work then. Looking at your vid again I think I went off route by not taking the rib direct fairly early on.

​@@TG-pd3ft maybe I'll give it a crack if I get morning ones! I'll get hold of some and keep it on standby! Thanks dude! 😊

Thanks D W! It is quite a long one but finding the start of the routes starting from Heather terrace is 90% of the route finding struggle on tryfan. The start of this one is relatively easy due to its position close to one end and the distinctive slab at the start. I felt like I made a meal out of it to be honest! 🙃

I'd say this is less technical, climbing wise than CA but with a little more care needed with loose bits. Dolmen feels very exposed but oddly also hemmed in because of the surroundings. This is less technical than both but with a more "open to the sky" sort of position if you know what I mean 🤔 a different sort of exposure. The little pinnacles can be avoided on the sides though and the difficulties are contained in the upper section.

@@Astilath nice one!! Might give it a crack this weekend

@@huwcunningham7812 ace! Let me know how you get on! 😁

It was a struggle to flog the extra distance up the hill past a very shiny CA, closer and more enticing! 🤣 had to tick the route though!

I am indeed! Finally! Got a laptop now so I can do more uploads! Hope you're well too! Thanks for the comment! 😊

Crib lem is an absolute classic. Such a lovely remote Cwm. I can definitely recommend trying some of the grade 2 stuff. It's not as rough as it looks! If you did want to go safely on some grade 3 stuff, a handful of slings and a short rope won't set you back tons of money. Thanks for the comments! It's nice to be posting again! 😁

@@Astilath I'll deffo put Crib Lem on the to do list. One of my friends is a climber and keeps trying to persuade me to do Dolmen ridge - but even with a rope I'd be out of my depth. I think it's important to know yr limits and stick to them. Looking forward to yr next scramble.

@@Phil_f8andbethere if you're worried about the technicalities, find a boulder problem at an indoor wall graded about f3-f4/VB-V0 That's probably about what you'll find on the hardest bit of dolmen ridge (the steep corner near the start). If you want to have a low risk/effort feel for more grade 3 terrain, have a look at little tryfan. 😊

@@Astilath Ah ok - many thanks for the advice. I'll get him to take me up little Tryfan to test it out.

Nearly made my pants damp climbing it haha Been on less scary E1s

Nail on the head there Andrew! 🙌 Wouldn't say this line was obvious from a distance but it's certainly a great ridge! I still really prefer needles eye arete. That has to be one of the best arete/ridge routes I've been on!

This is the Vdiff route. The scramble takes a zigzag to find the easiest terrain between the traditional rock climbing routes. I know what you mean with the route finding! Once you know the line its logical but otherwise it seems like a real wandering odd path to take. This doesn't share any of the scrambling route but crosses over the scramble at belays. Particularly the big grassy bay up top before the chimney. The scramble takes a much more straightforward (but very spikey) groove to the right of the 3rd pitch chimney. It's a lovely scramble though! I like to start heather terrace routes with that and then traverse across the shoulder to the start of the terrace. Great fun! This is definitely not scrambling. It goes a fair way beyond what you find on even 3S scrambles. That said, with very minimal gear and a rope, up this and down the gulley makes for a great afternoons easy rock climbing 😁