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    The Welsh 3000s are the 15 Welsh Munros. These are mountains in Wales that are over 3,000 feet (914.4 m). Geographically they fall within three ranges...
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    Wales (redirect from Welsh Peninsula)
    the Welsh 3000s and are located in a small area in the north-west. The highest outside the 3000s is Aran Fawddwy, at 905 metres (2,969 feet), in the south...
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    Clwydian Range. The 14 (or possibly 15) peaks over 3,000 feet (914 m), all in Snowdonia, are known collectively as the Welsh 3000s. The Cambrian Mountains...
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    Y Garn (Glyderau) (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    Wales, part of the Glyderau. It is one of the Welsh 3000sthe 15 summits in Wales over 3,000 feet (914.4 metres) in height. It is the tenth-highest peak...
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    Wales. It has the merit of being the only 3000 ft Welsh summit classed as only a Nuttall, hence it is not included in the Welsh 3000s. It has a prominence...
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    Carnedd Gwenllian (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    a minor summit of the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, Wales, and included in the Welsh 3000s. From the summit, distant views to the north can extend as...
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    Snowdon (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
    of Pen y Wyddfa Fawr. The element gwyddfa in this context means 'height, promontory', and also appears in the Welsh name for the town of Mold, Yr Wyddgrug...
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  • Thomas Firbank (category Recipients of the Military Cross)
    account of how he and his two companions were possibly the first to ascend all of the Welsh 3000s in less than 9 hours. Firbank's first wife, Esme Cummins...
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  • Eight-thousanders, the fourteen mountains over 8000 metres Fourteeners, the mountains in the United States over 14000 feet Welsh 3000s, the mountains in Wales...
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    Joss Naylor (category Members of the Order of the British Empire)
    1971: The National Three Peaks Challenge (Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon): 11 hours 54 minutes including driving time 1973: The Welsh 3000s - the 14...
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    Finlay Wild (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen)
    ran the Welsh 3000s in a time of 4:10:48 which broke the long-standing record of 4:19 held by Colin Donnelly since 1988. Wild set a record for the Ramsay...
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    Aran Fawddwy (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    the summary box] short of being a member of the Welsh 3000s, is the highest peak in the Aran mountain range and the 16th highest summit in Wales. The...
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    Foel-fras (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    Llyn Dulyn, while the smaller reservoir of Llyn Anafon lies to the north. Because of its position, it is the first of the Welsh 3000s reached when doing...
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    Crib Goch (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    "knife-edged" arête in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The name means "red ridge" in the Welsh language. The highest point on the arête is 923 metres...
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    Foel Grach (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    is a mountain in the Carneddau range. It is the eighth-highest summit in Snowdonia as well as Wales, and is included in the Welsh 3000s. It is located on...
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    Garnedd Ugain (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    of the dish" in Welsh) is the name used by Alan Dawson for the peak's listing as a Hewitt. Carnedd Ugain in Welsh means "Cairn of the Twenty" (the form...
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    Carnedd Llewelyn (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    also the form preferred by most Welsh writers, among others. Many authoritative works, from other study groups, also use the Welsh form. The Welsh personal...
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  • at the hill farm Dyffryn Mymbyr during the 1930s. In 1938, they walked the Welsh 3000s, 14 peaks over 3000 feet, in 9 hours, 29 minutes, setting the women's...
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    Glyder Fawr (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    Sir Ifor Williams, the word "Glyder" derives from the Welsh word "Gludair", meaning a heap of stones. Glyder Fawr is part of the Glyderau mountain range...
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  • Reserves team of the Royal Regiment of Wales. The event is currently sponsored by the First Hydro Company. Welsh 3000s Wilson, Ken and Richard Gilbert (1980)...
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    Glyder Fach (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    "Glyder" derives from the Welsh word "Gludair", meaning a heap of stones. Situated near the summit is Y Gwyliwr, a large rock which from the correct angle appears...
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    Elidir Fawr (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    Fawr ridge, as seen from the ridge along Mynydd Perfedd, above the reservoir, with Moel Cynghorion in the background "Welsh Mountain Names Meaning". Nuttall...
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    events' such as: The London Marathon The Welsh 3000s The London to Paris Bike Ride The Run to the Beat Half Marathon The Great South Run Skydiving UN DESA...
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  • of the Welsh 3000s, with a time of 5:28 set in 1989. Brand-Barker won the British Fell Running Championships in 1983, 1986, 1993 and 1994 and the English...
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    Pen yr Ole Wen (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    Ole Wen is the seventh highest mountain in Snowdonia and in Wales. It is the most southerly of the Carneddau range. The mountain lies to the north of Idwal...
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  • Colin Donnelly (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen)
    for the traverse of the Welsh 3000s with a time of 4:19 which stood until 2019 when it was beaten by Finlay Wild. Donnelly has also won the Welsh 1000...
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    Carnedd Dafydd (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    mountain peak in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, Wales, and is the third highest peak in Wales, or the fourth if Crib y Ddysgl on the Snowdon ridge is...
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    Yr Elen (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    is the leech (from soft mutation of Welsh gelen, leech), perhaps in reference to the way in which Yr Elen appears to be attached to the side of the remaining...
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    Celtic rainforests in Wales (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
    Cowin on the Isle of Man. In July 2023, £247,194 was awarded to Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, to protect the Celtic rainforest in the Elan Valley. The Celtic rainforests...
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    West Bromwich Mountaineering Club (category Climbing clubs in the United Kingdom)
    which stood until 2002 when the route changed. On 17/18 June 1978 Wagstaff completed a triple crossing of the 14 Welsh 3000s (around 66 miles and 22,800...
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