Sentries Ridge Grade 3 Scramble by The Bald Scrambler

[@Spinakker2341]

Great video story and filming

[@vs123]

Video sharing absolutely my friend

[@RockStar67]

Superb Mate...great channel something a bit different just found it and gave you a Sub...done a few scramble routes in Wales and a chunk of Summits...look forward to catching the rest of your content ATB Andy 😊👍🏻

[@thebaldscrambler]

Thank you. More content coming soon, hopefully one vid per week this year, mostly scrambling with a few great hiking routes thrown in too.

[@AlexanderBratt]

Great video 👍

[@TG-pd3ft]

Can't say I fancy G3, solo, with loose rock - but I enjoyed it vicariously

[@thebaldscrambler]

Even more fun when holding a GoPro stick and faffing about with a drone that has kamikaze tendencies. Glad you enjoyed it though :-).

[@gazkelley]

Another cracking video mate. The info about the approach is invaluable. I've looked at this particular scramble, and the VD climb to it's left (Pinnacle Ridge Variation) but I couldn't find any solid info on the parking and approach. Looks like a cracking day out though mate. And a bit of a spicy scramble with the loose rocks and climbing around and over the gendarmes. Good on you bud, love your videos!

[@SirJonathanTPunkbottom]

Epic scrambling dude. That looks so much fun! Really good edit on the video too. Nice

[@thebaldscrambler]

Thanks, I'm trying to strike a balance between headcam footage showing my hands and feet, the GoPro on a ledge or stick and drone footage showing the scale of the ridge. It's quite hard to get all the shots and do the scramble solo but I think I'm getting better at it.

[@SirJonathanTPunkbottom]

@@thebaldscrambler Oh, definitely mate. Great job!

[@clogsonthemountain]

Awesome mate, was planning on hitting that in August but definitely will now 👍

[@thebaldscrambler]

Thanks, it's actually a really good scramble, the loose stuff wasn't that bad - just more than on most scrambles I've previously done. I'm looking forward to seeing your footage from it in August.

[@carwynlewis3322]

You done a good job it looks amazing 👍

[@thebaldscrambler]

Thank you! 😊

[@reluctantfellrunner]

What people do for fun eh! Best wishes on the next.

[@thebaldscrambler]

I saw a guy mountain biking down the Snowdon Ranger Path the other week on a bike with no suspension (hard front fork and hard tail), and I was thinking the same thing - what people do for fun! This scramble was lovely though, right up my street.

[@Codzilla71]

Is there a way of conquering a fear of heights or is it just something you're born with/without?

[@thebaldscrambler]

Good question but maybe not one I can answer - I can't speak for others but I was always climbing trees as a kid, then I worked as a roofing contractor for most of my twenties. In my thirties I was skydiving (hundreds of jumps done). The last ten years I've been hiking and scrambling around mountains. I rarely feel queasy or truly uncomfortable when scrambling. On my first ever skydive I was nervous when they opened the door at 13,000feet (i.e. 8/10 on a nervousness scale) but after a couple dozen skydives my nervousness/fear was down to maybe 3/10. I guess everyone has different fears - I don't like needles and the last time I had my bloods taken I was sweating profusely, hands were shaking and 10 seconds after they put the needle in, I fainted with the nurse trying to stop me from falling flat on my face. If someone told me I just need to get used to needles and my fear would go away one day, I just know that would never happen. Maybe it's the same for those with a fear of heights? Or perhaps, if they started slowly and worked up to gradually steeper inclines, they could get used to it; I'm not sure.

[@12skipp]

Please can you supply me with the postcode for the carpark 😊

[@thebaldscrambler]

I don't normally use postcodes as they cover a huge area in remote places, sometimes many thousands of square metres, so a sat-nav could take you far away but LL54 6TH seems to be within a couple hundred metres. On Google maps, search for "Rhyd Ddu car park". What3words: what3words.com/totals.calls.proposals and the OS Grid Reference is SH 571 526.

[@happychappy27]

Do you never wear approach shoes when scrambling?

[@thebaldscrambler]

I own a pair of heavy leather hiking boots for muddy days and wet grassy hills but I prefer my TX4s for scrambling, they're very sticky on rock.

[@happychappy27]

@@thebaldscrambler is that what you had on in this video? I must be going blind 😂🤦🏻‍♂️