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The autobiography of the adventurer and climber Eric Jones, the farmer's son from Clwyd who climbed some of the world's highest peaks, displaying nerves of steel while facing many challenges.

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Glywsoch chi hanes yr hogyn o Frynsaithmarchog a neidiodd oddi ar ben y rhaeadr uchaf yn y byd, neidio i un o'r ogofu dyfnaf, oddi ar bontydd, clogwyni ac adeiladau? Ardderchog o beth oedd penderfyniad dringwr mynyddoedd pennaf Cymru, ac yntau bellach yn 78 mlwydd oed ac yn rhedeg caffi poblogaidd yn Nhremadog, i lunio cyfrol swmpus o atgofion hynod ddifyr a darllenadwy. Treuliodd flynyddoedd lawer yn paratoi'r gyfrol, nid i dynnu sylw at ei gampau neilltuol niferus ef ei hun, ond i'w rhoi ar gof a chadw, a'u cyflwyno i'w ddwy ferch, Rebecca a Keira. Cawn hanes ei fagwraeth ef a'i ddwy chwaer ar fferm Felin Uchaf, Cynwyd, sir Ddinbych, yr addysg a gafodd, a'r cyfnod o ddwy flynedd a dreuliodd yn yr Heddlu Milwrol, lle dyfodd 'o fod yn hogyn cefn gwlad diniwed i fod yn ddyn gwydn, disgybledig'. Ar l iddo ddychwelyd adref, cafodd Eric swydd yn ffatri Courtaulds yn y Fflint, ac yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, dechreuodd ddringo o ddifrif yng nghwmni cyd-weithiwr iddo yn y ffatri. Bu'r ddau yn dysgu dringo yn Eryri cyn i Eric ei hun fentro dringo'r 'mynyddoedd mawr' yn y Dolomiti a'r Alpau gorllewinol yng nghwmni gwr o'r enw Cliff Phillips. Cafodd Eric ambell ddamwain, a bu bron cholli ei fywyd ar fwy nag un achlysur, ond drwy lwc ryfeddol fe'i harbedwyd. Collodd nifer o gyfeillion agos mewn damweiniau enbyd o greulon ar y mynyddoedd mawr. Mae'n debyg mai ei gamp bennaf yn ystod y cyfnod cynnar hwn oedd dringo Pilar Bonatti yn yr Alpau, ac Eric Jones oedd yr ail ddringwr erioed i gyflawni'r weithred hynod beryglus ac arswydus hon. Ond aeth Eric Jones hyd yn oed yn fwy uchelgeisiol. Llwyddodd i ddringo mynydd yr Eiger yn y Swistir, ac yna ym 1972 gorchfygodd fynydd y Matterhorn ar yr wyneb gogleddol drwgenwog yng nghwmni eraill yn gyntaf, ac yna ar ei ben ei hun. Ym 1978 Eric Jones oedd y Cymro (a'r Prydeiniwr) cyntaf i ddringo wyneb gogleddol yr Eiger ar ei ben ei hun gweithred arbennig o ddewr, o gofio i nifer o ddringwyr mynyddoedd rhyfeddol o brofiadol gael eu lladd yno dros y blynyddoedd. Yn dilyn y gamp eithriadol hon, mentrodd i dde America a bu'n dringo ym Mhatagonia, ardal a fu'n atynfa arbennig iddo ers blynyddoedd lawer. Ond, fel yn achos sawl dringwr uchelgeisiol arall, Everest oedd y brif her i Eric Jones, ond bu aml i gam yn l a phroblemau dybryd cyn iddo sylweddoli na fyddai modd iddo gyrraedd y copa. Nid oedd y math yma o ddringo yn apelio'n arbennig at yr awdur, ond roedd yr ardal yn bendant yn denu. Dychwelodd yno drachefn i falwnio ym 1989 a 1990, a bu'n dringo ym mynyddoedd yr Himalaya ar chwe achlysur gwahanol. Ond, yn dilyn yr holl anturion, rhaid oedd dychwelyd adref c ennill bywoliaeth mewn rhyw fodd. Cawn ei hanes yn gyntaf yn sefydlu busnes paentio a phapuro yn Nhremadog, gan sicrhau cyfle i ddringo yn ei amser hamdden. Agorodd gaffi ym mis Mai 1979, a bu hwn yn fodd iddo gyfarfod nifer fawr o wersyllwyr ac ymwelwyr. Cawn hanes yr awdur yn mwynhau cymryd rhan mewn dwy ffilm, sef Five Days One Summer a Scream for Stone. Yn ogystal, magodd ddiddordebau newydd megis awyrblymio, paragleiddio a neidio oddi ar bontydd uchel. Ac ym 1996 cafodd gyfle anhygoel i ymweld Phegwn y Gogledd, gyda'r BBC a HTV Cymru yn gyfrifol am y costau sylweddol, a thair blynedd yn l daeth cyfle iddo hedfan i brif wersyll mynydd Everest unwaith yn rhagor. Cawn ddarllen am y cyfan o'r anturiaethau anhygoel hyn mewn cyfrol drwchus, fanwl, hawdd ei darllen a'i gwerthfawrogi. Cewch bleser mawr wrth ddarllen am fywyd un a fu'n byw ar y dibyn yn llythrennol. J. Graham Jones Gellir defnyddio'r adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com, trwy ganiatd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. It is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgment should be included: A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845275129
  • Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
  • Publisher Imprint: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • ISBN-10: 1845275128
  • Publisher Date: 04 Nov 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Welsh
  • Width: 138 mm


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