The search for Devil’s Kitchen

This path looked different in the daylight. It looked different going up instead of down too. For starters, it seemed much steeper. My heavy breathing and visible sweating despite the cold temperatures was testament to that. Also, there seemed to be a jolly lot of boulders, cold and slippery, that we were having to clamber … Continue reading The search for Devil’s Kitchen

When the sun sets and you can’t find the path home

“Seriously Del, we have to hurry up. The sun is setting and I have no idea where the start of the path down Devil’s Kitchen is.” I left him to bumble about with his gloves and ice axe while I tentatively began a hasty and very steep descent of Glyder Fawr, a 1001m high mountain … Continue reading When the sun sets and you can’t find the path home