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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Dafydd ap Gwilym, Caradog Jones, Joseph Jenkins, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Fflur Dafydd, Saint Gelert, Frederick Nolan, Aled Jones, Simon Thomas, Terwyn Davies, Jenkin Alban Davies, Brynmor Williams, Daniel Evans, Julian Cayo-Evans, Tom Macdonald, Hywel Teifi Edwards, Carantoc, Catrin Finch, Dewi Morgan, Ron Davies, Brioc, Timothy Rees, Hugh Lloyd, Thomas David Frank Evans, Alfred Edwin Morris, Wayne Proctor, Christmas Evans, Richard Ellis, Eleri Sion, Lewis Edwards, Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, Moelona, Owen Thomas Jones, George Noakes, Griffith Lloyd, Moses Williams, Roy Evans, Daniel Rowland, David Edward Lewis, Ruth Jen, Louisa Nott-Bower, Robert Ellis, T. Ifor Rees, Rhigyfarch, Sulien. Excerpt: Caradog "Crag" Jones (born 1962) is a noted Welsh climber. Whilst he has achieved a number of firsts on peaks around the world, he is most well known for being the first Welshman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a feat he achieved on 23 May 1995, at the age of 33. As such he was the 724th climber to reach the summit. The final ascent was made with Michael Knakkergaard-Jorgensen, the first Dane to the summit. At 33, Jones was the same age as Edmund Hillary when he reached the summit, and indeed this was achieved virtually 32 years on to the day. Jones was born and bred in Pontrhydfendigaid, a village near Tregaron, Ceredigion, in mid-Wales. He has admitted that as a boy he was inspired by the exploits of the early Everest pioneers, whom he read about because they undertook much of their pre-expedition training in Snowdonia. Jones and Jorgensen were part of a larger world team, led by Henry Todd of the UK, and using Himalayan guides. Other members of the team were Paul Deegan (UK), Graham Ratcliffe (UK), Sean Smith (UK), Anatoli Boukreev (Kazakhstan), Mozart Catao (Brazil), Nicolas Chappaz (France), Waldemar N...
