In reply to Ron Rees Davies:
> >>But why......
> Because the OP only has a 35 metre rope available, and has specifically asked for easy short single pitch crags in North Wales.
Why?
> AND because single pitches can be top roped as an easy introduction to outdoors and confidence boost for "indoor" climbers before moving on to bigger, better but more daunting things
There are plenty of places to top-rope outside of the mountains. We all did that. But Snowdonia is not at all suitable for this, and to do single-pitch in Snowdonia would be extremely dispiriting, I would imagine, once you realised what you had missed. I was taken up Spiral Stairs and Flying Buttress on about my third day of real rock-climbing.
> AND because a single pitch can be a quick easy option if you only have an hour or so to spare (and can be fun!).
God almighty! As if the world has got tougher, and you need 'quick easy options'! WTF are you on about??
I don't think climbing can never be reduced to 'fun', pure and simple. There's that thing called gravity, for a start off.