Nick Bullen said he had been given such a warm welcome when he set up in business in Corris six years ago that he wanted to give something back before returning to South Africa.
It took 15 people four hours to transport the reclaimed oak chair up Cadair Idris.
The chair now rests close to the 893m (2,930ft) summit.
The wood used is all reclaimed oak fence-posts and oak tree branches from the slopes of the mountain.
It is the type of wood Mr Bullen uses in his Sylviantutch eco-furniture business, which will carry on when he leaves.
We are heading back to South Africa on a semi-permanent basis, and the chair is an appropriate going away present," he said.
It weighs 200kg and is about 8ft and is made out of oak fence posts from the farm next door to the Cadair Idris summit," he added.
The chair should last about 20 years, but "if people are willing to go up there to give it some oil occasionally" it should survive the harsh Snowdonia weather for many years, he said.
A gift of a chair is also appropriated because the name of the mountain roughly translates as Idris' chair, he added.
Report by BBC News North West Wales
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Im going to get my photo taken on that chair
ReplyDeleteIve been up Cadair a long time ago. But I now want to go up again to see this chair, I will take up some tung oil and a brush to give it a coat. If everybody does this now and again like the maker says it should last a long time for everyone to enjoy...well done to Nick Bullen....HIP HIP...!
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