UK - Llandudno - Rock climbing on the Great Orme

A woman rock climber hangs on to a small piece of rock and is suspended by ropes. Mid-way between two points of safe, rock handholds, the lady stretches across the limestone, safely tethered to her partner higher up the rock face. The rock forms one small part of The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth or Pen y Gogarth), a prominent limestone headland on the north coast of Wales situated in Llandudno. It is referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd in a poem by the 12th century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr. It is echoed by the Little Orme, a smaller but very similar limestone headland, which is on the other side of Llandudno Bay in the parish of Llanrhos. The geology of the Great Orme is limestone and the surface is particularly noted for the limestone pavements covering several headland areas. There are also rich seams of Dolomite-hosted copper ore.

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A woman rock climber hangs on to a small piece of rock and is suspended by ropes. Mid-way between two points of safe, rock handholds, the lady stretches across the limestone, safely tethered to her partner higher up the rock face. The rock forms one small part of The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth or Pen y Gogarth), a prominent limestone headland on the north coast of Wales situated in Llandudno. It is referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd in a poem by the 12th century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr. It is echoed by the Little Orme, a smaller but very similar limestone headland, which is on the other side of Llandudno Bay in the parish of Llanrhos. The geology of the Great Orme is limestone and the surface is particularly noted for the limestone pavements covering several headland areas. There are also rich seams of Dolomite-hosted copper ore.