EuroKIMM Mountain Marathon
Author: Rachel
Grey Wife Cave
This weekend, I have not only learnt the delights of Bar Pot and Grey Wife, but also, how committed and absolutely crazy my friend Colin is. Seriously, this man is nutty. Caving is one thing, cave diving is another thing. However cave diving in Grey Wife is a completely different matter. The amount of effort …
Capricorn Mountain Marathon
This weekend was the Capricorn Mountain Marathon. A two day long orienteering event with the central campsite near Glossop in Derbyshire. Richard and I competed in the A and C courses respectively. I chose the C course on the basis of our impending holidays being rather physical (6 days orienteering in Scotland followed by a …
Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon
Last weekend Richard and I ran the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon (the Kirkfell class); another two day mountain orienteering event, carrying all overnight gear. This wasn’t the expected destination for the weekend, however on Tuesday we discovered a team on the internet who were injured and therefore needed a team to take their place … …
Round the Island Race
9 hours of Saturday was spent in a racing yacht, taking part in the Round the Island Race; one of the most famous yachting races in the world, around the Isle of Wight. Having never been in a sailing yacht before, this was an experience. There were 1700 boats involved and the start and finish …
Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon
June 9th-10th was the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon. Four of us embarked to Scotland for the weekend; Richard and John and Pete and I. We were all to embark on the C class …. 45 k of orienteering, carrying everything required for the night. Even though we did the C class, this is by no …
Mini LAMM, Keswick
Richard Dearden and I embarked on the mini- Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon on Thursday. This event was organised as part of the Keswick Mountain Festival; starting from near Lattrig in Keswick, the idea was to find as many of the 19 control as possible in 4 hours. These were spread throughout the valley and hills …
A Weekend of R and R
A weekend of rest and recuperation was needed and hence, with the team name, “A weekend of R and R”, Richard Dearden and I embarked on the Highlander Mountain Marathon. This new event on the mountain marathon calendar took place on the 29th March to 1st April on the fells of the Strathconnon Forest, about …
It will be a bit of a challenge…
