{"id":1992,"date":"2021-04-08T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:25:37","slug":"fan-hir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/08\/fan-hir\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Hir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mountain rank by height: 57 out of 188<br>Height: 2,497ft | 761m<br>Region: Brecon Beacons<br>Grid ref: SN830209<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"min-width: 260px; max-width: 100%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/embed\/220656784\/js?mw=false&#038;usr=2koj85&#038;key=USR-K9QPMS32-EMWGMGU9-4OSSTPFT\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fan Hir can be approached from a few different directions, some gentle, some steep and forms part of a popular loop of four mountains which makes this area well walked. For me, I approached Fan Hir from the summit of Fan Brycheiniog and it was my sixth and final unique summit of the day (I would have to complete 11 summits in total as I double-backed to my car, parked on the A4069).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51106496069\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51106496069_ca577d3b50.jpg\" alt=\"The Dip\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The dip between Fan Brycheiniog (right) and Fan Hir (left). Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fan Hir is a lot more distinctive in real life then it looks on the map and can be captured well with a single photograph. Paths up are easy to follow due to the popularity of this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51107529075\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51107529075_96eba3acf2.jpg\" alt=\"Fan Hir\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Fan Hir, looking South. Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51106495504\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51106495504_8a23f6e994.jpg\" alt=\"Fan Hir\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The path winds is clear and easy to follow, not always the case in the Black Mountains. Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit is only marked by a tiny pile of rocks, so it is easy to forget that this is still one of the higher summits in Wales. That is one of the strange things about walking mountains in Wales: never knowing what the summit is going to be marked by. The Black Mountains offer great variety, with various peaks being marked in different ways &#8211; including the non-mountain peaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uponnothing\/51106750746\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51106750746_8c219bf75e.jpg\" alt=\"Fan Hir Summit\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The summit, marked by a few rocks. The view towards Pen y Fan. Tamron Adaptall SP 24-48 @ 24mm, f11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain rank by height: 57 out of 188Height: 2,497ft | 761mRegion: Brecon BeaconsGrid ref: SN830209 Fan Hir can be approached from a few different directions, some gentle, some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,6,172],"tags":[40,185,51,87,36,45,39,173],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1995,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/1995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themanualphotographer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}