Activation Report from the SOTA summit of Tryfan GW/NW-006:
GW4BML/p Ben
Winter wx is upon us in GW land but a gap was noticed last Sunday 25th September where the BML family decided to tackle the SOTA summit of Tryfan - it had forecasted sunny spells before the rain was to hit later in the week. The route taken follows:
We parked up in a free (don’t find many of them these days) carpark on the south side of Lake Ogwen, gathered our gear together and made for our ascent. The hike began on a nice newly laid stone path, but a very steep one!
You soon gained height and the views of Lake Ogwen were increasing every step you took:
After approximately 1/2 a mile, we had completed the main slog and hit the col of Tryfan. The well known Welsh mountain was standing rather tall in front of our eyes looking very evil with mist covering the peak:
A few hundred yards of pacing through nice grassy ground led us to a group of Mountain Goats grazing in the valley:
Before we took at the boulder field, we decided to stop for a snack. The wind was rather calm in the hollow, so this was a good idea!
After a few sarnies and piece of cake 
we plodded on. Now came the part where full concentration was needed as we carefully climbed across the boulder field.
The mist slowly started to clear, so now was the chance to get an image of the Ogwen valley and the Glyders:
Not forgetting the family selfie
After taking our time over all the pointy rocks and sticking out stones, the summit (Adam & Eve) was suddenly in view of us:
Martha and little Lyra both found a nice shaded rock to shelter by as I set up my office. The equipment used was my Elecraft KX2, 12w into an EFHW antenna propped up using the fantastic SOTAbeams 6m tactical mini telescopic pole:
I had a nice run on 60/40/20m SSB and managed two contacts on 2m FM just before the mist came down and gave us no choice but to begin our descent - logs below:
Through-out my activation, I had many people enquiring what I was doing … talking to planes?? … monitoring the wx?? … I was even asked if I was anything to do with satellites??
Now this is where my SOTA QR badge came into great use - I explained briefly what I was doing, but for a more detailed description I told people to scan my badge using there phone, which they did. Who ever came up with this good idea - it certainly works 
I sewed mine on the rear of my cap:
It was now getting cold, so we had another BML family selfie between Adam and Eve and made for our descent:
I’d like to thank everyone from the SOTA community who called into me on this activation - great support was given as per normal. I look forward to our next outing!
73, GW4BML & family 
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