Comments on: Thirty Years On ??? Cwmorthin Revisited http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-18531 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:23:31 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-18531 Hiya Mel. Thanks for that. It’s an impressive place. I shall now take a look at those videos.
All the best, Alen

]]> By: mel jones http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-18517 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 02:07:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-18517 Loved your story.this route is still.being done today.death slides and dingies are left there for the through trip.guess we can all thank eric and his team.check out our vids on youtube “crtt croesor rhosydd through trip”. Cwmorthin quarry is also worth checking out.
Thanks mel

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-18357 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:45:27 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-18357 Hi Caroline. Thanks for leaving your comment. Cwmorthin and its surrounding landscape is a wonderful place and one that’s full of history. There is so much to see and so much wonderful atmosphere to drink in. I hope you have a memorable visit.
All the best, Alen

]]> By: Caroline http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-18355 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:31:04 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-18355 Wow Alen. What a epic jurney you made underground. I so enjoyed your story wish I was as brave. I can only dream of an adventure like yours being a miners daughter. Although I am going to visit this amazing landscape shortly and know i will be memorised by its breathtaking landscape. I will recall your story and that of the hard working men and familys that once lived and worked this scard land. Caroline

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-4360 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:05:21 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-4360 Hiya Andy. Blimey, I wish I was on a hilltop in Cyprus. It would make a pleasant change from the eternal rain, gloom and mud over here.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: sprintexec http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-4357 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:46:14 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-4357 Thanks to Livia I discovered this post which has me laughing and wailing from the comfort of our hilltop in Cyprus. Such delightful writing on so many topics, I want more! Andy

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-4350 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:22:42 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-4350 Thanks Olivia.

]]> By: slipperywitch http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-4349 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:36:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-4349 Reblogged this on Olivia Abbott and commented:
A truly fascinating blog about Cwmorthin past and present.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-4348 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:54:22 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-4348 Hello there Slipperywitch. Glad to make your acquaintance. Yes, Cwmorthin ??? it’s amazing how things can change in such a short space of time. Thanks for the comment.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: slipperywitch http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-4347 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:51:40 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-4347 I’ve only just discovered your blog – so hello! – but went a (very short) way up Cwmorthin recently, so was fascinated to read this piece. And amazed to compare the photos from the 80s with last year’s. A great blog, about so much more than mountains. I look forward to reading more.

]]> By: Bill Combrani http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-3858 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:16:17 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-3858 NO it isn’t! the old number nine incline collapsed years ago – you have to bypass it!

The Crtt is a sphincter twicher of a trip, nowt like adrenalin to keep you on your toes!

Linky below is me on the “Bridge of Death!” from a few years ago.

]]> By: Michael Combley http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comment-3290 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 06:48:14 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162#comment-3290 When I was an outdoor pursuits instructor back in the late 70’s we would take groups of children into the adit and then up the internal incline and back out onto the mountain. There was a massive cast iron counterweight about as big as a grand piano at the top of the incline that ran under the trucks called a Mochin (pig). It always concerned me that the mochin was at the top of the incline and jammed on a cable.

My concern was that one day it might become unjammed and cause all manner or death and destruction on the way back to the bottom of the incline

Is it still there?

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