Dolomites 2016
Sometimes you can just tell that an idea is going to end in bedlam as soon as you hear it.
Sometimes you can just tell that an idea is going to end in bedlam as soon as you hear it.
I’ve just put in a really poor performance, so that you don’t have to.
My first Saunders, and first A/Elite-equivalent mountain marathon course.
Three days, 58 miles and 5,000m of ascent. And in a miraculous turn of events, I won my class!
Hooray, a mountain marathon in the Lake District! At night. In January. With a weather warning. What could possibly go wrong?
I sometimes question whether it’s worth the effort of getting out, but days like this are an amazing reminder of why all the hassle is definitely worthwhile.
There’s never a bad day for navigation practice, particularly if it’s cloudy on Kinder Scout and you’re not the one doing the navigation.
17.5km of gales and wind-blasted rain with Stuart around Dove Dale on Sunday. All good character-building stuff.