Macmillan Cancer Support Update – Snowdon Climb

Suzanne Whitton • November 14, 2014

Last month, our Managing Director and his family climbed Snowdon in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Some of you contributed to the whopping £1032 raised, so we thought it would be good to share the lowdown.

Over to Jeff….

The weather forecast had predicted heavy rain and high winds at the summit. Not a great start to our adventure! Although my instinct is always to take the more challenging route, the warning of poor visibility, forced us to opt for the ‘easier’ Llanberris path.

A gentle and more importantly, dry start, lulled us into a false sense of security early on. Half an hour in, we even had to remove layers due to the heat! As the climb progressed, we hit rockier terrain and the dark clouds descended….

climb up snowdon

The ‘rests’ became more frequent as the climb got steeper and the air a little thinner.

resting on snowdon

And as the pre-packed drinks ran out, we had to rely on the freshwater stream conveniently located halfway up, for hydration!

snowdon fresh water stream

It took us a total of 3.5 hours to reach the summit and the changeable weather forecast was certainly not wrong! Temperatures dropped by 15 degrees and we were very glad to have had the foresight to take a ruck sack full of woolly hats, gloves and scarves.

snowdon summit

The climb down was a whole lot easier and the sun even appeared during our descent. I’m not going to lie, after 6.5 hours of walking, we were pleased to reach the end but felt a huge sense of achievement.

climb down snowdon

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Many thanks to anyone who supported the Whitton family on their Macmillan Cancer Support Snowdon climb , by raising much-needed funds for such a worthy cause. The Just Giving page is still up and running if you haven’t yet had a chance to give but would like to.

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