Making a Mountain Out of a Hill
A quirky little story on today's news that Mynydd Graig Goch, a hill in the Snowdonia National Park, has been reclassified as a mountain after hill walkers discovered it was higher than previously publicised.
The intrepid trio of John Barnard, Myrddyn Phillips and Graham Jackson used satellite technology to prove that the summit of Mynydd Graig Goch was 609.75 metres above sea level, taking it above the magic 609.6 metre (2,000 feet) figure that signifies mountain status. Previously measurements had put the summit at only 1,998 feet above sea level.
Speaking to BBC News, Mr Phillips said: "We're very pleased our survey has proved Mynydd Graig Goch is a mountain and not a hill.
"Ordnance Survey has agreed to update its maps (on the internet) straight away, but it might take a bit longer to correct the paper maps."
The trio spent three hours on top of Mynydd Graig Goch collecting data to prove their suspicions that it was indeed a mountain.
The intrepid trio of John Barnard, Myrddyn Phillips and Graham Jackson used satellite technology to prove that the summit of Mynydd Graig Goch was 609.75 metres above sea level, taking it above the magic 609.6 metre (2,000 feet) figure that signifies mountain status. Previously measurements had put the summit at only 1,998 feet above sea level.
Speaking to BBC News, Mr Phillips said: "We're very pleased our survey has proved Mynydd Graig Goch is a mountain and not a hill.
"Ordnance Survey has agreed to update its maps (on the internet) straight away, but it might take a bit longer to correct the paper maps."
The trio spent three hours on top of Mynydd Graig Goch collecting data to prove their suspicions that it was indeed a mountain.
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