Here are a couple of photos from today’s leg 3 run. We also saw a brocken spectre, a first for me.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...psab5ccdd4.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps88a88b11.jpg
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Tahr
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Here are a couple of photos from today’s leg 3 run. We also saw a brocken spectre, a first for me.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...psab5ccdd4.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps88a88b11.jpg
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Tahr
Nice photos. Tough luck Roy - better luck next time, hope you're uninjured.
as bill mentioned i took a stumble on doddick which probably made it worse for me on leg 2 + 3 there was a bit of a nav issue on scafell i was already down on time and no matter what i was trying to do to get time back it was,nt making it better i was down quite a bit, leg 3 went well but the later it got the warmer it got time was getting an issue so called it a day at the top of scafell so meaning i had slow walk down from summit so not to make injury any worse that i had masked by the painkillers i was taking but fantastic team i had thanks wish the outcome could of been better i will be back
Great effort Roy, I'm sure you'll do it. Have a break and come back stronger. Just leave them Salomons at home for Leg 1 ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by vespa
Oh and don’t mention Beyonce the sheep, :o :o ba ba.
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Tahr
Not sure if this will work - Roy on Skiddaw
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Sorry it didn't happen this time Roy. It was a great effort and I'm sure next time will be the one. It was a spectacular morning to be out in and seeing the Brocken spectre was a rare moment. Also, thanks again to Andrew for the lift back to dunmail.
Hard luck Roy. Sounds like leg 3 was a bit of a nightmare, though Tahr's pics seem to show you quite happy!! Its all experience in the bank. If nothing else you've certainly helped me. Despite getting dropped off I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of leg 1. If I can I'd be happy to be dropped off the back somewhere next too!! Rest and come back stronger!
woke up this morning with bruising from top hamstring to back of ankle
Bl**dy hell!! Post a piccie!! :)
Hi Roy, glad to see you got home OK. Take some time out, recover from your injury and you will be back. It was fantastic experience doing the road support for you and it was also nice to meet some more people from the forum (I will be in touch for my next attempt :wink:). The BG community never ceases to amaze me.
Alwaysinjured - yep on the case with the time stamps on the track. Your right that data does come through. Any Network SIM's going in this week, as well as a firmware upgrade that will add "Assisted GPS" - in trials this seems to have sorted out some of the GPS glitches we have seen yet doesn't really make a difference on the battery. As ever BG good test bed for this kind of thing. JT.
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Originally Posted by alwaysinjured
right then here we go i thought i better put a right up on here to explain why i never completed as i know a lot had me down as a cert included myself which i know will come next time (spelling atrocious) but here goes i got to keswick at 5pm got in touch with road support (allison)who was already in keswick we went for something to eat and basically waste time till about 6.30pm then went back to car for final preps ,walked back round to moot hall at 6.50pm to see somebody complete and see joe off at 7pm there was also another completion then i had a faff to get tracker on that bill assisted with and lain tried to keep me calm i stood at door 7.25pm ready for off and i mean ready the lads were still there off there completion so at 7.30pm huge applause and we were off climb up skiddaw was fantastic nice and cool on tops i thought we would have seen joes group from start of skiddaw climb never seen there group any of leg 1 which was strange but thats the bg showed lain the quick way to great calva then down to river caldew which was warm up over mungrisedale to summit of blencathra at this point 12 minutes up i started to descend doddick via zig zag path this is the point where it happened i looked behind to see where the others were and as i did this i took a stumble crashed to the rock like a sack of spuds got straight back up graized rib cage elbow on right thinking and hoping that was all until i tried to run again and could,nt as my left hamstring had been torn my adrenaline was still there so persistantly kept running i got to cp1 with no time loss never took break here and carried on with some more ibuprofen lost some time on clough head as could,nt run the road adnan and richard were fantastic i dont think i mentioned the pain i was in as they probably would have tried to stop me i lost time on every summit but when i got to helvellyn the pain had eased when we dropped of dollywaggon adnan had enough and did descend to tell others i was down on time and it was upto richard to see me through to cp2 which i got to 40 min down which was good as i had to take of 15 mins from cp1 took 7 min at cp more painkillers and gel on legs i started to climb steel fell pain was back immensely so took climb slow so took 8 min to steel fell then i took in food and drinks of plenty that kev, andy,jack support for this leg had we lost time at every summit again as i was over compensating on good side which in turn was making me
more tired irritable the climb up bowfell was the only 1 that i had made time on surprisingly we were doing great from here to scafell pike 10.15 where we had decision to makefor scafell there were no ropes on broad stand and wwt was busy so had to go foxes tarn but this was not the issue the painkillers had worn off we got to summit 10.55 only meaning we would have got to wasdale by 11.30 1hr down on schedule but that was a decision i had to make do i try and stay close to schedule not knowing what my leg would be like by cp and how long i would be out for or take it easy down and try again in a couple of months or when recovered as it happens it took 2 hr to get off the damn thing and painful aint the word thanks to andy and martyn also, probably be back soon when recovered and i know now this is going to be completed
Very interesting insight Vespa. You were just unlucky, Am sure you will nail it next time around.Quote:
Originally Posted by vespa
If roping BS had been an issue - ask me and I might oblige, just was not confident I could stay with you guys if you were striding out, so did not volunteer support.
Interesting that I heard thar Bowland had a guy go headlong on gable down scramble ( there is a fast line well rigt that avoids it, same route used in the borrowdale race) , fortunately no massive problem - I gather they wonder whether he drifted asleep. I went headlong once on halls fell at night. Concentration for so long is hard.
PS do you know something about lines to Calva I do not? I normally do hare crag. There is a trod left lower down but it seems pretty rough to me. There is also a funny shaped boulder high up where dead reckoning bypasses the first top.
Am all ears if you know something I do not!
cant promise at moment but may be able to show you a few lines you don,t know possibly soon
i am also putting the fall down to footwear
also it looked as if doddick had recently had a stampede up or down it (race?)as there was a lot of loose about it was more like coming down scree than grass
Valiant effort to carry on after that tumble Roy, you looked shaken up and there's no recovery on such tough terrain. I'm sure you'll nail it next time.
Vespa - your inbox is full :-) tracker arrived
James
Unlucky vespa, I was sure that you were going to come trotting past me somewhere on leg 2! Kept looking back on leg 1 expecting to see you hunting me down but never did. I think i got a little too excited as we knocked about 15 mins off the ascent up Skiddaw. My support on BS had to shoot off as soon as i went past about 0845 hence why there where no ropes. Let me know if you need a rope up there next time. ill be happy to help if i can.
You've done great to get as far as you did Roy! Shows how far you can get with mind over matter and a few ibuprofen!! Good luck for your future attempt and if you're desperate again I'll assist if I can!! :)
ok fjell guy i will put you down on my next date which is friday ............. september i hope everybody can make it same time same place
well after a few more support legs and a hell of a lot of training it was back to it this weekend gone on a low key attempt self support for most of it we had a good leg 1 good conditions then it was terrible got up clough head the weather had changed from good to disastrous I think we had everthing this leg including getting very nearly struck by lightning took the wrong way of seat sandal if there was a trod here would be nice got on leg 3 maybe 25 min down did climb up met 2 fantastic people who helped nav leg 3 dave + tash but leg 3 was difficult in them conditions when we got to the end of this leg we knew we had been in the ring the weather had brightened up mark who I left moot hall with said he had enough by now I had,nt after having some food we had 6.50 to get to moothall we were 2.30 hr down but I was prepared to give it a go made time back on yewbarrow pushed hard over this leg sustaining some nasty knocks in the process body was trashed I was,nt making any time back by the end so called it: fresh I would of carried on 2 hr to do leg 5 would,nt of been enough time this was not my original date so I will be still doing it on this date which is 8 /9 august but clockwise if anyone is available for support let me know roy
Sounds like you had a hard day of it. Just for your next attempt, there IS a trod more or directly from the summit - just head due W (ish) from the summit until you hit that big cairn, the trod leads down the fell directly from here. It's a it indistinct at first but it develops and is hard to miss really. I know this because I followed it faithfuly on Saturday morning on a JNC support!
That's correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn P
I think some (I've done it) head off the summit to the right of a rocky area to be on grass. This means you are to the right of the trod, it is then easy to cross it and end up on the left of it (at night anyway) and carry on too far left. Off the summit you just need to head to a rocky area ahead on a slight plateau then, as said, it develops into a good track (these days anyway) all the way down.
I found it not a problem on a reccied a month ago but on Saturday we were 2/3 of the way down before picking it up. I knew we were probably very close to it for much of the way down.
I had that slight feeling something was not right but it was not until 2/3 down when out of cloud we realised so we had to cut back have to take a reading next time im up unless somebody has one
just found 2in cut to my head that I never knew was there I will have to sign up for its a knockout
Sorry Roy - I'm not around that weekend in August; hope you get a good crack at it.
Dave
Hi again RoyQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Sargent
Hope you don't mind me suggesting, but it may be worth your while starting your support search on a new thread with the correct intended date as the thread title. The 'July 13' heading means most people won't look at it any further. I already had one call from someone thinking I was having another go at the Ramsey!
Cheers ... and good luck.
Dave
We just managed to find the trod. Think there was a little bit of luck involved though. I don't know if this picture will show on here but it's from my open tracker file track. Attachment 8151Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
Hello Roy, good effort last weekend, and it's to your credit that you got stuck in on leg 4 and gave it good go after a tough leg 3. I can do leg 4 again on your August attempt. How's the support looking?
Good effort Roy, best of luck for next time, I am out of the game for the minute (car crash).
ATB
Tahr