Welsh 3000s challenge....not quite

This Saturday, the longest day of the year, I attempted the Welsh 3000ers challenge. The idea is to reach the summit of Wales' 15 3000ft plus peaks in a day. Unfortunately extremely bad weather, some poor navigation and admittedly unpreparedness meant that I was only able to complete 8 of the peaks. Having set off a 545am from Nant Peris, I first headed up Snowdon but lost time on this ascent as my partner wasn't that used to the conditions. The whole of Snowdonia was covered in cloud which meant there extra stress and concentration involved in map reading and many trails were very slippery. Coming down Crib Goch, after Snowdon was incredibly nerve wracking. Very slippery rocks with thick cloud all around. I took later wrong turns off Glyder Fach and also after completing some of the Carnedds. I decided to abort the full challenge at about 5pm. Partly because I simply wasn't enjoying myself and also as the bad weather meant that day light would be reduced. Still here is a list of the peaks reached in the day: Snowdon, Garnedd Ugain, Crib Goch, Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach, Tryfan, Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd. I will definitely be attempting this again next year. http://www.welsh3000s.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_3000s