Holme Moss, ascending the rocks to join the Pennine way - I can remember thinking as I was doing it that I could easily have a nasty fall.
Holme Moss, ascending the rocks to join the Pennine way - I can remember thinking as I was doing it that I could easily have a nasty fall.
I tend to pick the 'hands on rock lines' up to Scafell on Borrowdale Race and up Swiril Edge on Cafod Grisedale HS. I like it and feel its sometimes quicker than being in the loose stuff on the paths.
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I love a bit of scrambling thrown in with my running. I quite often plan routes in the Lakes to take in some hands-on-rock stuff - I've heard good things about Pinnacle Ridge (side of St Sunday), so want to check that out sometime soon. Not sure it's a great idea in races, though, unless the scramble is pretty easy, short, and/or a fair way into the course so there's not loads of runners going up it at the same time - surely it'd be asking for trouble sending the whole field up something like Sharp Edge, for instance??
Looks like you got there before me Iain! At least it will reach a wider audience than my blog...Originally Posted by IainR
Pinnacle Ridge is brilliant. There's one tricky step that's probably about a Diff in rock-climbing terms but the rest isn't technically that difficult, just super exposed and great fun! Wouldn't fancy it in fell running shoes mind...
Arrochar Alps - the initial descent from Beinn Narnain. Similar to the direct route off the Crinkles referred to above, only you're likely to be rather more tired by this point in the race...Are there any other races that involve sections of scrambling?
Glen Rosa Horsehoe - quite a few bits where you get hands-on-rock though the race goes out of its way, via a spectacular descent (on grass), to avoid the "Bad Step" on the A'Chir ridge.
Dunno about when racing - but the reason I went for my first ever fell run was in order to go for a scramble, because we were in the Lakes, and clearly no scrambling was going to be done with a baby strapped to my back.
I went up Halls Fell Ridge, down via Sharp Edge, and I was suddenly hooked on the notion that I could get places in the hills quickly.
Then I discovered downhill running, and that you didn't have to stick to the path (I had never heard of Open Access....) and I was hooked.
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My island is very nice
does`nt it say something about scrambling type terrain in the FRA rules regarding safety requirments for fell races under 4 course design ?