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A reasonably OK forecast for the third day in Wales. We headed for what’s probably the easiest sea cliff route in Gogarth: The Lighthouse Arete Direct (3-pitch, VS 4c) on a sea cliff called Castell Helen. A short walk brought us to the edge of the cliff and the abseil point (ancient pegs and some gear). Two climbers were hiking back uphill telling us that they thought that the conditions were too windy. With our limited time budget, we nevertheless fixed the rope and rapped down to the start of the line just above the waves. The route features easy climbing but the setting is spectacular with the South Stack Lighthouse providing the backdrop. Some light rain along the way but, by the time we were topping out, sunshine had returned and crowds of climbers showed up at the abseil point.

After lunch, our family joined us and we took our nephew for a 2-pitch route called Stairs and graded S on the nearby Holyhead Mountain. Fun outing with good views but very windy and quite cold. Somebody got an almost full on alpine experience.

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