Back to ledger
GBThe GuardianWalking

The great Snowdon queue-skipping row – is it really OK to jump the line if you’re not taking a selfie?

The crowds at the top of Yr Wyddfa, the highest mountain in Wales, are now so huge that seasoned hikers and climbers are simply walking past them. Is everyone just making a mountain out of a molehill? Name: The Snowdon queue. Age: A decade and a half, give or take. Continue reading...

Open original article
Ledger record
#3036
First seen
26 Aug 2026, 11:29 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 19:57 UTC
Version history
1 version
Current fingerprint
9e421f0e4ce7...cd3941
01

Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
26 Aug 2026, 11:20 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Guardian Staff
Section
Walking
Source-supplied excerpt
The crowds at the top of Yr Wyddfa, the highest mountain in Wales, are now so huge that seasoned hikers and climbers are simply walking past them. Is everyone just making a mountain out of a molehill? Name: The Snowdon queue. Age: A decade and a half, give or take. Continue reading...
02

Change layer

Observed version timeline

  1. 1
    Initial capture

    The great Snowdon queue-skipping row – is it really OK to jump the line if you’re not taking a selfie?

    The crowds at the top of Yr Wyddfa, the highest mountain in Wales, are now so huge that seasoned hikers and climbers are simply walking past them. Is everyone just making a mountain out of a molehill? Name: The Snowdon queue. Age: A decade and a half, give or take. Continue reading...

    Changed fieldstitlebylinedescriptionTextcontentTextsourcePublishedAtsourceUpdatedAtsectionimageUrltags
    Version SHA-256
    9e421f0e4ce7...cd3941
    Capture SHA-256
    74d69d75918c...300554
03

Interpretation layer

Labels with declared origins

Not an adjudication.

Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.

  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • publisher category Life and style rss-category
  • publisher category Mountaineering rss-category
  • publisher category Snowdonia holidays rss-category
  • publisher category Travel rss-category
  • publisher category UK news rss-category
  • publisher category Wales rss-category
  • publisher category Wales holidays rss-category
  • publisher category Walking rss-category
04

Public response layer

Reception snapshots

No reviewed reception capture yet.

Comment counts and samples remain absent until a lawful, source-specific capture method is reviewed. Absence is recorded instead of estimated.

05

Evidence layer

Capture provenance

Capture ID
#2736
Observed
26 Aug 2026, 11:29 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
477,315 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt