Today we climbed Mount Tyfan. It was probably the worst day so far. After about 15 minutes in the mini bus we arrived in the middle of nowhere. It was freezing cold so no one was looking forward to it. We started walking and people were already moaning but we weren’t allowed to stop, so even though we didn’t want to, we managed to get going and carry on.  We got a quarter of the way there and people were falling behind and didn’t want to carry on so they stopped and caught up with the others after. There was a lot of scrambling which was very hard when it was cold and windy. We then got together as a group and carried on going because we had to get to the top, as we carried on the wind got stronger and it was even harder to walk. To give us something else to think about half of the group started singing and making their own songs which were hilarious.  For most of it, if we put one step wrong we could have fallen off. We got to a point where we could stop and eat some food. This place was shielded from the wind which everyone was very glad about as it was about 50 mph.

the last climb up to the top was defiantly the hardest. After the entire struggle to get to the top against all the wind we finally got there and was able to say that we reached our goal. After a group photo we realised that we had to get back down somehow. Jez decided that we would go the easy way down which mainly faced the wind. On the steepest bit of the descend, Georgia killed her walking boots by drowning them in every muddy puddle she could find, even after getting stuck in one. Maxine fell over twice banging her head and Caroline slid down a grassy hill. After all the injuries and people being tired and cold everyone was saying they want to be Alex as she was back at the accommodation sleeping because she had been sick the night beforeL  We finally found a man-made path with was useless as it worse than some of the actual path. We all slipped again and again when we got to the streams which would make all the rocks very slippery. After a while the foot path faded and we had to make our own path up hoping we was going the right way, we then found the normal path and carried on walking to another stream. Finally we reached the bottom of the mountain; sadly the mini-bus was round the other side so Jez had a plan. He ran round to the other side of the mountain as we had to try and stick to the path that led to a car park. At first it was ok; we all get along so we kept together on the path helping each other if we got stuck. The path faded again and we ended up in a bog and it took us a while to figure out how to get across without getting too muddy. We found the path again and there was a beautiful waterfall just before the car park. We made it at the same time as Jez in the mini-bus. Everyone was exhausted and relived when we got to the mini-bus and the toilets. #NearDeath #GoodTimes #NeverAgain

Saying of the day: “If you fall then you will die, so don’t fall” – Gabriel Hampton-Saint

By Kirsty Higbee and Libbie Templeman