Will o' the Wisp and some..
The next chapter of the 30 year Classic Rock sponsored climb continues.. Sorry if you love Craig Cywarch but looking in the guidebooks, we didn’t really fancy doing any other routes except the one in Ken Wilson’s rock bible. Instead we formed an optimistic plan to climb Will o’ the wisp in the morning and then drive over to Cadair Idris to do the Cyfrwy arete, because John thought “it looked good while I was flicking through the guidebook on the toilet”. After an evening drive up and car camp we made an early start to Will o’ the wisp via a steep but short walk-in. The guide says 6 pitches, but linking them wasn’t too much trouble, especially 1/2. Don’t believe the guidebook pitch lengths, they are way shorter. Sat on the belay ledge of the traverse, it dawned on us what was already so good about the Classic Rock challenge. On a busy bank holiday, where people were queueing on Snowdon and fighting over parking, here we were, with a crag to ourselves, overlooking a peaceful and stunning