There comes a point in every climbers life when these words have to be spoken "lets go do A Dream of White Horses at Gogarth", and for a very good reason. The route takes you into such extreme territory with out exposing you to the extreme technical difficulties expected to get there. A big sea arch rising from the ocean floor pinches you below an overlap as you traverse around on monster every things to a delicate slab, now if that doesn't make you want to climb then nothing will.
I went with one new to the multi pitch experience (Terry Jade McCarthy) and one more seasoned (Rik Battye) as a three we moved well from pitch to pitch enjoying our time on the route and watching a spectacular display of confusion go on ahead of us in the shape of a party from London who (despite following another party who perfect displayed the route and its belays) fell once due to going the wrong way and built 2 incorrectly placed belays. fortunately their rope work was safe so just a lesson in route reading was given.
Now done I feel more complete as a climber, but I also feel I want to get back for the other delicacy Gogarth has to offer!
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