Preperation Underway

I arrived at mums, ready to start booking and arranging my walk up Snowdon. We looked for which would be the best path and thus where I needed to go to start, Llanberis. We had a look at what trains I'd need to take and what stations and added up the cost, as always we did this while chatting in general and about how nuts it was. My mum started to show an interest and before we knew, we had booked with our guide group and talking about what it was going to be like and what we would need. Over the next few days, we decided that now it was a reality we'd better do some sort of training. I planned to walk up and down to Williamson Park because that was the biggest hill closest to home and would be a good way to get used it. The next thing we had to cover was making sure we would be warm and dry and our feet would be comfortable. We went and shopped, grabbed our walking boots and some stuff to layer up with but that would be comfortable up Snowdon.
When all was said and done, we, of course, ended up with more stuff than we needed but it was definitely better to be safe than sorry.

The training we did was enjoyable, we got a few good walks and found some new places in our own areas that we hadn't come across before. We walked for miles thinking that it would be enough to prepare us, we were of course, wrong.

These are some of the readings from the walks I did-

This was the reading I got when I got home from doing Snowdon-




As you can see, there is a massive difference and not only in distance but the fact that Snowdon is a mountain and is a constant uphill definitely meant I was totally unprepared, Still managed it though, surprisingly.









We were told that we would need 3 litres of water, which I doubted I would need because I don't drink a whole lot, I thought I'd better though, because again, better to be safe than sorry. I actually only drank around a litre whilst walking up and down Snowdon so I know not to bother carrying all that extra weight for the next one.
We were also told that we would need snacks. We did our snack shopping the day before and of course, got way too much. I struggled because I wasn't eating and wasn't in the mood to eat thus wasn't in the mood to look at or choose the food I'd be taking. I just grabbed one of everything I thought I might fancy just in case. It was better to have lots of options to convince me to eat than limited choice that I might not have wanted. Again, It added way too much weight to our rucksacks and we ended up dumping half of it before we'd even set off. typical.

Our boots had been worn in, our snacks had been chosen, our tickets were booked and we were ready to go.