I think the angle on the video accentuates the steepness of the intitial buttress a fair bit to be honest - something like the Clogwyn y Person arete is genuinely like that at the base, but the approach to Crib Goch is nothing like that or it wouldn't be graded as a grade one.
It is very exposed on the ridge though, where you first hit it, it's not so bad on the left, but the righthand side is pretty much sheer and the best holds are to that side from memory.
Posted: 10/10/2011 at 12:27
