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You can see my ill-advised descent route from Foel Fynyddau there, straight down next to the treeline, a bit of slippery forestry, then horrible faffing about in the brown areas looking for a path that didn't really exist.
Yeah, was up there in November... and actually saw a middle-aged mountain biker go down there, believe it or not? That's when I saw Pen-y-Castell and thought "blimey, must see that"
Hope you didn't follow him! The slippery bit in the forestry was all insane-looking bike routes, I was struggling to cling on upright on foot, not hurtling down there on wheels.
Utterly insane. I did a bit of 'proper' mountain biking back end of the 90's... went up Drum, Fan Gyhirych, etc. Gave it up pretty sharpish because I soon realised it was so insanely dangerous. Was wearing out a set of brakes every day.