(Fersiwn Gymraeg isod) Tom Carrick, BMC Access and Conservation Officer for Wales was part of a team that helped to remove tyres fly tipped out on the Great Orme, with the help of an ‘Arizona Vortex’ tripod to haul the tyres out. The tyres had been dumped perhaps as long as a decade ago, and with the help of a team of BMC volunteers, Helix Operations, Great Orme Vertical and Conwy Countryside Services around 40 tyres were hauled 50m out of the crag.
A beautiful limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, The Orme has easy access for sightseers, cyclists and walkers as well as fantastic climbing. Known for a mixture of hard sport and trad climbing, one of the most famous routes is The Big Bang, which was climbed by Emma Twyford in Lower Pen Trwyn to become the first British woman to break the 9a barrier.
On this occasion though, the team were working in a quieter location further along the coast. Tom explains that since climbers spend a lot of time on the Great Orme, and with the skillset they have to get into awkward places, it made perfect sense to collaborate with Conwy Countryside Services who helped dispose of the tyres at the end of the day.
The team of around 20 BMC volunteers included mostly climbers and highly-skilled rope access specialists such as Matt Jones (Great Orme Vertical).
Tom said, “There’s a huge amount of birds and other wildlife around the area. As were working we even had a couple of seals popping their heads up to check we were doing the job properly. We have to say a huge thank you to everyone involved for the organisation and the kit. It’s been a job on people’s list for a while so it’s nice to finally get them out.”
If you’d like to get involved in volunteering, come along to your BMC local area meeting or join the local area facebook groups. There are a whole range of roles from crag clean ups and litter picks, to technical rigging like the Arizona Vortex!
Ymdrech Tîm Ar y Gogarth (Great Orme) Gan Ddefnyddio 'Arizona Vortex' I Gludo Teiars wedi'u Tipio'n Anghyfreithlon
Roedd Tom Carrick, Swyddog Mynediad a Chadwraeth BMC Cymru yn rhan o dîm a helpodd i gael gwared ar deiars a gafodd eu tipio’n anghyfreithlon ar y Gogarth, gyda chymorth trybedd ‘Arizona Vortex’ i dynnu’r teiars allan. Roedd y teiars wedi cael eu gadael efallai gymaint â degawd yn ôl, a gyda chymorth tîm o wirfoddolwyr y BMC, Helix Operations, Great Orme Vertical a Gwasanaethau Cefn Gwlad Conwy cludwyd tua 40 o deiars 50m i fyny’r clogwyn.
Yn bentir calchfaen hardd ar arfordir gogleddol Cymru, mae gan Y Gogarth fynediad hawdd i olygwyr, beicwyr a cherddwyr yn ogystal â dringo gwych. Yn adnabyddus am gymysgedd o ddringo sport anodd, a dringo traddodiadol, un o'r dringfeydd enwocaf yw'r ‘Big Bang’, a ddringwyd gan Emma Twyford ym Mhen Trwyn Isaf - fenyw Brydeinig gyntaf i ddringo 9a.
Ond y tro hwn, roedd y tîm yn gweithio mewn lleoliad tawelach ymhellach ar hyd yr arfordir. Esboniodd Tom; gan fod dringwyr yn treulio llawer o amser ar y Gogarth, a chyda’r set sgiliau sydd ganddynt i fynd i lefydd lletchwith, ei bod yn gwneud synnwyr perffaith i gydweithio â Gwasanaethau Cefn Gwlad Conwy a helpodd i gael gwared ar y teiars ar ddiwedd y dydd.
Roedd y tîm o tua 20 o wirfoddolwyr BMC yn cynnwys dringwyr yn bennaf ac arbenigwyr mynediad rhaff medrus fel Matt Jones (Great Orme Vertical).
Meddai Tom, “Mae yna lawer iawn o adar a bywyd gwyllt arall o gwmpas yr ardal. Fel yr oeddem ni'n gweithio fe gawson ni hyd yn oed ychydig o forloi yn codi eu pennau i wneud yn siŵr ein bod ni'n gwneud y gwaith yn gywir. Rhaid diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb a gymerodd ran yn y trefnu, ac am fenthyca'r cit. Mae wedi bod yn swydd ar restr pobl ers tro felly mae’n braf eu cael nhw allan o’r diwedd.”
Os hoffech chi wirfoddoli yn y dyfodol, dewch i’ch cyfarfod ardal leol BMC neu ymunwch â’r grwpiau facebook ardal leol. Mae yna ystod eang o rolau, o lanhau creigiau a chasglu sbwriel, i rigio technegol fel yr Arizona Vortex!
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