I tried to follow the path up as usual but soon lost it in the murk so ended up aiming for the steep ground then using the aspect of slope approach to find the path up.\u00a0 The ground was frozen solid which made the steep section of the path interesting. Instead of the usual grippy mush it was more like polished ice. In places I had to abandon the path and clamber up the grass.\u00a0 Wished I had brought the ice axe!<\/p>\n Summit was deserted.\u00a0 Wind was blowing across gusting up to about 30mph making it very cold with the wind chill.\u00a0 I set up just beyond the cairn and pulled out the two man shelter to operate from.\u00a0 I soon made the required four contacts. The band seemed quiet and as there was no one else calling I packed up and made my way back to the car for some lunch.<\/p>\n The route back down was not nice as by this time it had started snowing and it was blowing directly into my face.\u00a0 By the time I reached the car I was fairly covered in snow although it wasn\u2019t settling on the ground.\u00a0 Debated breifly whether to abort the second ascent as I was worried about getting the car out if the snow settled and with the expected crowds up there it wouldn\u2019t be the best climb ever but in the end I decided to go for it anyway.<\/p>\n The climb up Pen Y Fan was the usual slog, dodging the tourists and wondering at the totally inadequate kit some people went up in.\u00a0 The path was very icy towards the top and visibility was really poor.\u00a0 I only realised I had reached the col because of the change in the aspect of the slope.\u00a0 Went up and over Corn Du just for fun.\u00a0 Found a bunch of tourists stuck half way down the steep rocky section trying to descend in trainers.\u00a0 Crossed to Pen Y Fan summit and managed to find the cairn.\u00a0 The race team had a radio set up somewhere, I never saw them but could hear them operating nearby.\u00a0 I set up my station a little way away and soon made eight contacts.<\/p>\n The decent was a challenge, trying to avoid the tourists slipping down the path as much as anything.\u00a0 Most of the way down it was easier to avoid the path.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 6th January 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 LD3 8NL<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SN 987 199<\/p>\n Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n Contacts \u2013 4 + 8<\/p>\n SOTA points \u2013 6 (+3) + 8 (+3)<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n GW\/SW-005 & GW\/SW-001- Been here before Another early start to try and get into the car park before the crowds.\u00a0 Arrived at 8:45 but already the car park was full and they were parked down both sides of the main road.\u00a0 Ended up parked in a pile of mud a quarter of a mile down … Continue reading Fan Fawr & Pen Y Fan 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":199,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-south-wales","category-summits-on-the-air","category-welsh-summits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/1339"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a53403fcdf5c.png\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nJourney Details<\/h3>\n
Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
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