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A Dream of White Horses


A Dream of White Horses
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Copyright: Simon Damant (sadeik) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 592 W: 192 N: 670] (3147)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1992
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon FM 2, Nikon 35-70mm f2.8
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My mountaineering photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-07 3:41
Viewed: 644
Points: 4
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A magnificient rock climb above Wen Zawn (Zawn is a term for cove with vertical cliffs surrounding it)
There are some huge sea cliffs up to 100m high near Holyhead on Anglesey in North Wales. They are metamorphic limestone which gets covered in lichens, on this photo you can see the yellow species. In spring many sea birds nest on these rocks and climbing is prohibited in some places.
The name for the climb is derived from the fact that in heavy weather the waves and spray could reach the upper most climber (I suggest that in these conditions it would be unadvisable to start your climbing career here, it'll be short!) we call waves like this in the UK 'white horses' as they race across the sea with spray billowing into the air.
Abseiling into the Zawn and climbing this route is one of the best memories of Wales.
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Simon,
thanks for the workshop on Bukhara's city wall, you had a good idea there. So you are the guy who does such things like "abseiling" (that must be originally a german or even Swiss verb "abseilen") . It's of course a great picture, thanks to the climbers in it it has a story to tell, it is dramatic, the lighting is good. Excellent!
Cheers, Dietrich

I remember when this route was one of the best and hardest in Britain....it sure takes me back.
Saludos desde Mexico

I really like all your climbing photos. I used to do a little climbing myself and spent five years with search and rescue. Always fascinated by that kind of thing. Cheers!

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