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Pen y Fan
Submitted by Jules Conner, UK.
[Vic speaks: "This is fun. He wants us to guess where this is. Any ideas, team?"]
[The Editor speaks: "It's obvious. It's the Eiger and that's Ranulph Fiennes. It was on the news the other day. Well done to the old boy! I knew he could do it. And well done to me. Next!"]
[Henry speaks: "That's not the Eiger, you idiot."]
[The Editor speaks: "And how would you know? If you are so clever, perhaps you would like to tell everyone where it is, then?"]
[Henry speaks: "It's Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons. The clue is in the title."]
[The Editor speaks: "Oh. Okay. So what's Ranulph Fiennes doing on Pen y Fan, and where's his sledge?"]
[Ray Gears speaks: "It can't be Ranulph Fiennes. I sent the photo to the 'CSI: Miami' people for analysis. They used computer graphics, and they've proven that whoever this is, he has all his fingers."]
[The Editor speaks: "What's this got to do with fingers!?"]
[Vic speaks: "Didn't Ranulph Fiennes saw his own fingers off in his garden shed? I'm sure I heard that somewhere."]
[Henry speaks: "He must have been reading this website. It has that effect on a lot of people."]
[Vic speaks: "Well, now that you lot have spoiled all the fun, perhaps we should leave it at that."]
[Flossy speaks: "Baa-aaa-aah!"]
[The Editor speaks: "Oh, what's that animal bleating about now?"]
[Vic speaks: "She's saying that she knew it was Pen y Fan. She lived there for a while, and she recognised the second rock on the left."]
[Ray Gears speaks: "That's amazing. They've got an amazing eye for detail, her and her sort."]
[The Editor speaks: "Yes, yes. Amazing. Now tell her I want milk and no sugar, will you?"]
[Flossy speaks: "Baa-aaa-aah!"]
Pen y Fan Trivia
Pen y Fan is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, UK, and can usually be found at the Ordnance Survey grid reference SO012215.
It is the highest mountain in South Wales, with its summit at 886 metres (or 2,907 feet).
The English translation of Pen y Fan is approximately, "top of the beacon".
The SAS love it. They try to kill their candidates on it, in an exercise punningly called the "Fan Dance". Even if the candidate survives, they probably won't make it into the SAS. That's because the SAS are incredibly hard, and could kill you with a mere glance. If that fails (which it never does), they would probably just snap your neck like a twig, or something.
More appealingly, in honour of the above, there is also a beer called "Fan Dance", brewed by the local Breconshire Brewery, in Brecon. Mere civilians are allowed to drink it. However, for maximum effect, you should probably have just come down from Pen y Fan, and you should probably be wearing camouflage.
Henry often wears camouflage, and wants us to believe that he was in the SAS. But when we ask him about it, he says that he's not allowed to talk about it.
[Henry speaks: "I'm not allowed to talk about that."]
See?
If you are Ranulph Fiennes, or if you have a strong opinion about Pen y Fan, or snow, or things, why not discuss this item here?
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Your Comments
On 26 October 2008, Russ said:He's not on Pen y Fan,it's hidden in the mist behind,probably crowded with Special Forces.
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