Comments on: Rab Mountain Marathon – Year 2

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By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:10:51 +0000

“Winter’s here”, I hope not! Summer hasn’t even started yet, and I want to do lots more rock climbing before the misery of short, wet and cold winter days start.

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:36:42 +0000

Head to Scotland on Friday for snow! Just seen the BBC forecast. Winter’s here.

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:34:58 +0000

I had a nice trip around Skiddaw starting at Latrigg, then off to Lonscale Fell, Little Man, Bakerstall, Skiddaw, Longside, Ullock Pike, Carl Side and to finish off on Dodd. I suppose one of my bigger wainwright ticks but a nice day out. Perhaps Rachel and Richard might like to run it?

Did you get up the Uldale Fells north of Skiddaw?

Sharp edge in winter….I had an interesting time up there – bone dry on the south side but verglas on the north side. Pippa had a ‘nice’ time on it. Roll on winter. Just polishing my axes….

Yeh, the accident on it. I think it’s a popular spot for Keswick Mountain Rescue team to be out on a Sunday.

Oh yeh, I forgot to say well done in 5th place – better than I could do.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:55:38 +0000

A winter trip up there sounds great.

The tent was quite wet in the morning, so I suspect we did get the rain, but I slept through it too.

Rachel is far too generous in aportioning blame. I basically blew it on the first day. I should have realised that Blencathra was a lot more rugged than the more northerly bits, and would be much slower to run across.

By: Rachel White

Rachel White — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:47:04 +0000

A trip up Sharp Edge is a great idea! Can’t believe you’ve not been up Skiddaw. It’s a pretty dull hill, but nice views! I always end up with a long valley walk back to Keswick as I refuse to go down the same way.

I’m back to normal sleep times now and Richard is in Slovenia, so he’s only 1 hour out!

The heather is not lovely when you’re wading through the stuff! Didn’t hear the rain, but I was very asleep.

By: Laetitia

Laetitia — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:03:33 +0000

Blimey! Your sleep patterns were crazy – especially if you went to bed at 8am!?!?!

Looks fantastic tho’. Blue sky and purple heather. Did you get the rain on Saturday night. It seems to have been very localised – maybe you slept through it?

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:25:46 +0000

Well, 5th place sounds pretty respectable (for jet setting workers) to me!

Yeah, Sharp Edge is a fantastic spot, although I think there was a fatal accident recently!
But, we could get a trip round that part of the world organised for a frosty (but sunny) winter’s day if you like? Maybe we can tick off Skiddaw too as it’s one of the only major Lakeland summits I’ve not been to.