Craig Aderyn/Craig Ddu climbs

A splendid opportunistic evening's climbing yesterday with Alwyn: the beautiful warm May weather continues. We parked at Pen y Pass and headed off to Craig Aderyn, the perfect 60m high slab I've had my eye on for many years. Led the first pitch of Arete Climb, an easy Diff in a very nice position following the right arete. Good 100ft pitch, a nice way to reacquaint myself with 'proper' climbing. Alwyn led to the top. Played around on Subsidiary Slab, then Alwyn led the classic Jacob's Ladder/Via Media combination up the main slab. One of the finest Severe pitches in Wales, really excellent climbing up a series of cracks and quartz holds: delicate and absorbing. We then headed down to Craig Ddu, where I led the unexpectedly good first pitch of Rib and Slab (VD). Easy, but again absorbing and in a really nice position, a good sharp rib with lovely positive holds. Alwyn led the slightly disappointing long slab pitch: very easy but again in a nice position. On the Tuesday, tried to get a long run in (to Holt and back). Bit of a disaster - dehydrated, knee problems.