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:o Fell into a big last night - knee deep... was a funny thing... at first my thought was PANIC and then because I got cramp in the leg that was free I just decided to calm it a minute
Wriggled out with help but jeeeeze that is sticky suction!! I stank too... lol..:p
Am hoping that my first big incident marks me as on my way out of beginners (wish I could hurry up and get speed and stamina for the hills though) :(
I thought from reading the subject that you had just become toilet trainned! :eek:
Haha! I fell in the same bog last night.... I had just been commenting on how dry the ground was then next thing i was up to my waist! :eek: Had a good run last night with Lostock, not run that far in a while:)
You will not get much speed and stamina by being stuck on the bog.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Egglett
It is the bogs that trip you up first and make you face-dive into their murky depths that are really interesting.
Do the peat hags on top of Kinder Scout or Bleaklow count as real bogs?
http://www.landsendjohnogroats.info/..._crowden5a.jpg
Knee deep is nothing. It needs to be at least crotch deep or it doesn't count. Panic should only set in when you realise you have to lay on your stomach to sort of wriggle out (difficult) or get your mate to pull you out (after they have stopped laughing and put the camera away...).
Stop it you lot - your scaring me!!!
So how far do you think we went last night? Glad it wasnt me the only one who'd got lulled into thinking it was all solid ground!!
Waist deep next then... I knew I should have paid attension to that survival prog with bear whatshisname recently!!
:p
Think it was around 8miles last night! Hopey will know exactly:)
Hi EgglettQuote:
Originally Posted by Egglett
I hope you are coming to do the 'Grin and Bear it' later in the Year, the guy in third place whilst crossing to Outer Edge Trig went in up to his Armpits:eek: The Bogmonster up there is legendary.
Chest deep is the norm if you don't know which bit of peat to trust... :confused:
I will be crossing his terror-tory this Sunday so if you don't hear from me again...
Ian
okay there are parts on bleaklow before the stones that have had me shoulder deep twice
waist deep is quite common for me as im pretty short
yes bleaklow can be really bad
There's various stories about the grimpen mires on Dartmoor, like
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Some time ago a man was making his way across Aunehead and was annoyed about losing his way in the boggy terrain up there. As he struggled across the bog he saw a hat lying on the bog, so to relieve his frustration he gave the hat a good kick. Much to his surprise he found the head of a well- known local farmer underneath. Apologising profusely, he asked the farmer if he was all right, to which he replied that he was fine, but he was worried about the horse he was sitting on.