Comments on: Crib Lem Spur ascent of Carnedd Dafydd http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/ The preparation and the suffering, for those moments of elation high up in the clouds. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ian http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Ian Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:08:18 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-133 Thanks for the comments Fred/Richard, Sounds like you had quite a different experience on the ridge Fred, just shows how incredibly important weather is! Really like the idea of a head cam, although owing to buying a house that bit of kit may be a little way off... so I may enlist the help of friends to show moving over more rocky terrain without any one handed stunts! There's a fair bit of editing I'd like to have done on the videos but after a couple of tries that were pure rambling nonsense, I started to get a clearer idea of what I was trying to do. They're not there by a long way but with comments/ideas generated from this first try I'm really positive about improving on it next time. Finally, there's a write up of a walk in the Peak District to arrive soon. Things have been hectic of late with the house and also training for my first marathon. Cheers everyone! - Ian Thanks for the comments Fred/Richard,

Sounds like you had quite a different experience on the ridge Fred, just shows how incredibly important weather is! Really like the idea of a head cam, although owing to buying a house that bit of kit may be a little way off… so I may enlist the help of friends to show moving over more rocky terrain without any one handed stunts!

There’s a fair bit of editing I’d like to have done on the videos but after a couple of tries that were pure rambling nonsense, I started to get a clearer idea of what I was trying to do. They’re not there by a long way but with comments/ideas generated from this first try I’m really positive about improving on it next time.

Finally, there’s a write up of a walk in the Peak District to arrive soon. Things have been hectic of late with the house and also training for my first marathon.

Cheers everyone!

- Ian

]]> By: Richard Down http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Richard Down Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:36:48 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-130 Ian, I really enjoyed it. For anyone wanting to know what they face, this was a great way of seeing what's up there. I do a bit of video work at the newspaper I work on and over time I've fallen into getting videos into 1min30sec packages or 2mins. You can download abobe elements if you want to mix the videos together with minimal fuss. I've always veered away from walking and talking to camera because it's hard to get it right, but this felt like you were having a chat as you went along which was brilliant. So far, owing to the slow broadband and general crapness of Moveable Type, I've not done decent videos - just panning shots from summits. Your blog is a thousands times better and really well worth the view. Great weather too! Cheers, Rich Ian, I really enjoyed it. For anyone wanting to know what they face, this was a great way of seeing what’s up there. I do a bit of video work at the newspaper I work on and over time I’ve fallen into getting videos into 1min30sec packages or 2mins. You can download abobe elements if you want to mix the videos together with minimal fuss.
I’ve always veered away from walking and talking to camera because it’s hard to get it right, but this felt like you were having a chat as you went along which was brilliant.
So far, owing to the slow broadband and general crapness of Moveable Type, I’ve not done decent videos – just panning shots from summits. Your blog is a thousands times better and really well worth the view.
Great weather too!
Cheers, Rich

]]> By: Fred http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Fred Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:19:01 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-122 Good work. Maybe a head cam would help to capture movement by leaving your hands free. The spur is a gem tho. I did it in rough weather which leant an air of seriousness to it - in fact the other 3 in my party wimped out at first sight of it and went up the ridge from further down the Lafar. I remember being scared when reaching the crest and being hit by the wind - like the backblast from a 747. Fred Good work.
Maybe a head cam would help to capture movement by leaving your hands free.
The spur is a gem tho.
I did it in rough weather which leant an air of seriousness to it – in fact the other 3 in my party wimped out at first sight of it and went up the ridge from further down the Lafar. I remember being scared when reaching the crest and being hit by the wind – like the backblast from a 747.
Fred

]]> By: Ian http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Ian Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:32:55 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-108 Glad you liked the videos Nigel. Think there's a lot more I can do with them and have an idea for a variation somewhere inbetween photos/video for reviewing a new tent I've bought. Just keen to experiment a bit now I seem to have got into the habit of regular posting. Love that approach into the Carneddau, can't get that sense of being remote in the other ranges. It's a nice change and well worth a look. The watch is a Garmin Forerunner 405 I've only just bought. Going to pick up the heart rate monitor and then I'll write up on here how I get on with it. - Ian Glad you liked the videos Nigel. Think there’s a lot more I can do with them and have an idea for a variation somewhere inbetween photos/video for reviewing a new tent I’ve bought. Just keen to experiment a bit now I seem to have got into the habit of regular posting.

Love that approach into the Carneddau, can’t get that sense of being remote in the other ranges. It’s a nice change and well worth a look.

The watch is a Garmin Forerunner 405 I’ve only just bought. Going to pick up the heart rate monitor and then I’ll write up on here how I get on with it.

- Ian

]]> By: Nigel http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Nigel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-107 Hi Ian, I agree the vids work well - you get a different/new perspective. Not been up the Carneddau from that side but I have read the guide on Crib Lem Spur - its always difficult to visualise just from the book itself but the vids definitely help. PS. What is the watch you are wearing - saw a quick glance of it the first video? Hi Ian, I agree the vids work well – you get a different/new perspective. Not been up the Carneddau from that side but I have read the guide on Crib Lem Spur – its always difficult to visualise just from the book itself but the vids definitely help.

PS. What is the watch you are wearing – saw a quick glance of it the first video?

]]> By: Ian http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Ian Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:41:19 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-106 Okay, I'll stick with pointing for now too. Someone else to hold the camera would've helped a lot as well, particularly on the scramble. Just need another sunny day... Okay, I’ll stick with pointing for now too. Someone else to hold the camera would’ve helped a lot as well, particularly on the scramble. Just need another sunny day…

]]> By: Neil K. Sheridan http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Neil K. Sheridan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:35:48 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-105 tbh, I liked the finger technique! If you incorporate that with the text labels it would be cool. The shooting into the sun also helped make the terrain look more interesting on the first one. I actually really liked the shooting into the sun! tbh, I liked the finger technique! If you incorporate that with the text labels it would be cool. The shooting into the sun also helped make the terrain look more interesting on the first one. I actually really liked the shooting into the sun!

]]> By: Ian http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Ian Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:24:37 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-104 Cheers for comments Neil. Agree they were a little long and I'm very aware of some unnecessary repetition in there. Think I'll make use of YouTube annotations too in the future... instead of finger technique ;) The final 3 also suffered a little from being stood still, the movement in first helped despite the terrain not being so interesting... but that's why I was moving. Wanted to get a couple up and see how it felt. Plenty to try out. Thanks again! Cheers for comments Neil.

Agree they were a little long and I’m very aware of some unnecessary repetition in there. Think I’ll make use of YouTube annotations too in the future… instead of finger technique ;) The final 3 also suffered a little from being stood still, the movement in first helped despite the terrain not being so interesting… but that’s why I was moving. Wanted to get a couple up and see how it felt. Plenty to try out. Thanks again!

]]> By: Neil K. Sheridan http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/2009/09/crib-lem-spur-ascent-of-carnedd-dafydd/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Neil K. Sheridan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:14:19 +0000 http://www.imamountaineer.co.uk/?p=614#comment-103 Liked the vids, I think they make a nice addition to blog posts. I've been trying myself.. They are perhaps a bit long though and I'd personally edit them down to under 2 mins each (maybe I just have a short attention span!?). Liked the vids, I think they make a nice addition to blog posts. I’ve been trying myself..

They are perhaps a bit long though and I’d personally edit them down to under 2 mins each (maybe I just have a short attention span!?).

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