http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
:eek:!!!
Say no more
watch this space.
Jason
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http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
:eek:!!!
Say no more
watch this space.
Jason
I'd heard about this, from a mate who supported Charlie on his Munros record. Just a 3 month affair: http://chris-upson.com/Corbetts/Mann...ttSchedule.htm Fantastic!!
So who is Manny?
Manny Gorman is a well known (and talented) Scottish Hill Runner & member of Westerlands CCC frequently to be found at the leading end of many hill races in Scotland. Amongst his many achievements in the hills he is the proud owner of a Connachie Plaque for 21 Ben Nevis races completed - this was achieved before he was even a vet & there can't be many others who can claim that! His dad also has a plaque & is a member of Westerlands so hill running (& determination!) obviously run in the family!
Best wishes to Manny & Brenda on this current project of epic proportions & if anyone has any spare hill days then I'm sure he'll be glad to see you!!
Well we have his schedule now :). Charlie Campbell also Westies IIRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stravaiger
Rob,
This is Manny Gorman:
http://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/...RunnerID=R2251
As you can see from the schedule, the plan is to complete the 6 islands first from Harris to Arran, and work north on the mainland from Troon to Ben Loyal.
http://chris-upson.com/Corbetts/Mann...ttSchedule.htm
It is quite a mammoth undertaking, so it will be interesting to see how far Manny gets. I'm planning to team up with him on Monday next week.
Impressive track record - fairly unusual to see someone at that kind of level taking a big chunk of time out to go for something really long. Was the case with Hugh Symonds' Munros record but then he was subject to some silly Pro/Am ban at the time IIRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisU
Yes - it is a massive chunk of time to take to attempt all the Corbetts in one go. It sounds like Manny is struggling a bit already with illness and injury, so it's not all going to plan!
Manny has now completed all the island Corbetts.
I've added his photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/corbettrun
I met him at Troon yesterday as he arrived back on the mainland:
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Hi Chris
It may be poor form to ask and I'm sure Manny is just enjoying doing a big round of great hills but is he aiming for a record? What is the quickest round of Corbetts so far? I have searched the usual places but see no mention of it. I know that Hamish Brown did a round years ago for example. I don't mean to reduce this to speed but am just interested to find out.
Cheers
Hi Luke,
I don't think there is any previous record for climbing all the Corbetts, although Manny seems that someone once did them all in 85 days.
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Ooh a third of the way round, a nerve jangling read and an awe inspiring amount of commitment. Go on Manny!
:eek:
Jason
Manny has completed just over a quarter of the Corbetts now, but should be a third of the way through the list by next weekend.
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Manny should be passing through the one third mark today.
Yesterday he was on 72 Corbetts out of 219, having started 4 weeks ago.
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
This is too impressive to allow it to slip off the main page. Come on you lot give the man some support on the blog, he will be chuffed to know he is being followed
Jason
He's done Sgurr Innse today drat.
Two more days and we could have waved at him as we went up Stob Coire Easain :D
What a fantastic adventure.
Good luck for the weekend, BagginsQuote:
Originally Posted by Baggins
Thanks FSSQuote:
Originally Posted by FellShoeShuffler
As I thought he was there yesterday
Nearly 80% complete. Anyone wanting to support can contact Manny via his blog or even turn up in the north, especially if you are up for a hol in the next week or so.
Surely a contender for this years long distance award
Jason
Wow! Last I heard he was laid up with a bike-inflicted knee injury :eek:. Not much keeps this man down!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trossachs?
Good luck Manny :)
Today Manny is scheduled for the 6 Fisherfield Corbetts from Poolewe through to Sail Mhor, which should leave him with just 7 days to go.
http://chris-upson.com/Corbetts/Mann...ttSchedule.htm
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
This journey is almost certainly the greatest number of self-propelled miles and metres ascent ever undertaken in Scotland, over the timescale of 60+ days.
Just had a look at the blog. So after the Ardgour prang he took 4 days off, then climbed 1 Corbett and the very next day 6 tough Ardgour Corbetts. That would be a hard day without a sair knee :eek:
Following the near disastrous plummet from the mountain bike after Creach Bheinn / Fuar Bheinn, Manny has made a good enough recovery to hobble on for the past few weeks, and is now within about 30 Corbetts of completion. Last night he wasn't off the hill until 11.30pm, and missed out Sail Mhor. So the overall progress is dropping a day or 2, and predicted completion is next Friday (3rd July).
As much as that :eek::D.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisU
Seriously gritty stuff. Reckon he'll be looking forward to 3rd July; and maybe pumpkin pie the next day (OK maybe not the pie).
Just 3 to go - Manny due to finish today by the looks of it :cool:
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Manny completed his Corbett round today with Ben Loyal being his 219th. I reckon that makes it about 69 days 4.5 hours, and a record by a good long way. I've put the brief details I have on the blog at http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Drama right to the end.
I believe he was also interviewed from the summit of Ben Loyal on BBC Radio Scotland's Newsdrive, which is available for 7 days on the iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hkd
(Try about 13 mins into the programme)
Congrats to Manny, get well soon Brenda, and thanks for all the tea!
Johnston
A massive congratulations to Manny Gorman for completing the Corbetts in 70 days, starting with Clisham on Harris (25th April) and finishing with Ben Loyal on 3rd July. The entire trip was carried out on foot, bike and under sail, i.e. purely self- and wind-assisted.
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Well done to Manny :D
Really enjoyed reading the blog, that was one adventure :)
Fantastic ! Any idea what the previous record was? Glancing down the list linked from the blog I can see a few 3-year efforts http://www.corbetteers.110mb.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by bigmoose
I reckon Craig Caldwell's 1 year and 1 week is the next best effort. This is described in his book Climb Every Mountain, where he tackled all the Munros and Corbetts in '85/'86.
There was some talk of an 85-day round existing, but this doesn't seem to be documented anywhere so Caldwell's round seems to have been the fastest known to date. It would be good to get input from forumites to correct or confirm this.
The fact that there have been so few attempts to date might indicate the level of difficulty involved! (Contrast with the number of known fast Munro rounds.)
More likely the relative popularity / higher profile of Munros w.r.t. Corbetts. But as you say, Corbetts a harder challenge! And the gauntlet is now well and truly laid down.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigmoose
Please forgive my ignorance, but a genuine question; how does this stack-up against Hugh Symmonds' traverse of all the Munroes / British Isles 3000 footers?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisU
Ian.
Good point WD. HS was way longer (time and distance) - went to Wales & (IIRC) Ireland, no biking, ran everything (except I guess the sea).
Just asked Dave Hewitt who immediately responded:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobW
I only know of one previous Corbetts-specific single-take round, that
by Mike Wilson-Roberts in 1992. I corresponded a bit with Mike about
this a few years ago and as I recall he wasn't trying to set any
particularly target time, just to trundle round them all during a
summer. He started with the Brack on 3 March and ended on White Coomb 13 July, so that comes to 133 days all in.
There have been three other continuous Corbett rounds, but they have
all included at least one other hill group as well and hence were much
longer: Craig Caldwell (Munros+Corbetts) 1985/86, Peter Lincoln
(Munros+Corbetts+Grahams) 1997/98, and a rather mysterious massive
effort by Andrew Allum in 1996/97 taking in M+C+G plus Donalds and
also E+W 2000ers.
So MG has nearly halved MWR's time.
I'm not sure how Symonds' Munros and Gorman's Corbetts compare side by side. I remember that Hugh Symonds took 67 days for the Munros, doing them entirely on foot, whereas Manny Gorman has taken 70 days for the Corbetts, making use of bikes for roads and forest tracks.Quote:
Originally Posted by wheezing donkey
I suspect the distance required to complete the Corbetts is far greater than the Munros, but don't have any stats to hand. But you only need to look at a map to see that the Corbetts are far more scattered than the Munros.
Clearly Hugh Symonds' run was legendary in that he carried on down to England, Wales and Ireland. Nobody was ever going to repeat that kind of crazy adventure.
maybe not - unless they start banning "amateurs" for entering "pro" races again, which is how an elite runner like Hugh happened to be free, IIRCQuote:
Originally Posted by ChrisU
corbetts run must be significantly harder than the munros. a very well done to manny. A really drawn out test of endurance, both physical and mental.