{"id":3124,"date":"2015-11-02T22:12:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T22:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2015-11-12T07:26:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T07:26:56","slug":"baaaaaaaaaaaarilliant-hike-to-yr-aran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/02\/11\/2015\/baaaaaaaaaaaarilliant-hike-to-yr-aran","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Baaaaaaaaaaaa\u2019rilliant hike to Yr Aran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starring: Little Steps Little Steps and SHEEP!!!!!!!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3130\" src=\"http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF9041-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF9041\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF9041-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF9041.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Up at the crack of dawn, this morning we had a hearty breakfast followed by a meeting to find out which groups we would be in. Before we left, we had a chat with our team (Raindrops) to introduce ourselves, not only to the instructor but to our team members as well. We then had a short ride in a minibus to the base of our mountain &#8211; Yr Aran.<br \/>\nHaving established which mountain was Yr Aran, and preparing for what seemed like a gruelling trek, we set of towards the summit. After 45 minutes of walking, with little steps and spotting a manmade dam we decided to take a break. Here we decided we would have a quick snack and a sip of our drink for 5 minutes before starting again. This time our course took us to a steep hill scramble and some of our fellow team members were staring to slip behind and started to struggle on the really steep bits. Little steps, little steps our goal drawing microscopically nearer with each of our little steps, little steps.<br \/>\nAfter about half an hour, we were sick of our little steps, little steps and felt it was time for lunch. Part Two. The sequel. From there we could see the summit Yr Aran. Our goal was in sight.<br \/>\nLunch was over. More work lay ahead. The little steps continued. The group started to feel the strain. Bed was very inventing now. Unfortunately, no one had put a bed on this mountain so we would have to continue our little steps, little steps. We were however, actually moving, in little steps, but we were moving. Moving towards to summit. \u201cOOOh\u201d we said \u201cThere is a sheep over there.\u201d \u201cBAAAAAAAA\u201d said the sheep. \u201cBAAAAAA\u201d we said. But sheep gave us a death stare before running off. Was it something we said?<br \/>\nBy this time we were near the peak. We dropped our bags and ran. Ran without little steps, little steps. Ran towards the summit. And then we were there. We had climbed Yr Aran. Then half walking, half sliding we made our way down the mountain.<br \/>\nWe were at the bottom of the mountain. Already. 15 minutes later we arrived at a waterfall. 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