BGR Incident in Gategill?

[old un]

Great news by the sound of it, hope all goes well for you mark .

[GeoffB]

I know Mark quite well - we always have a chat when he comes up for races in the Peak. Please pass on my best wishes to him.

[Fellhound]

Hope the runner recovers well.

We stood at the top on Sunday and, again, I voiced the opinion that I don't see the point in it at all and, indeed, it can entice runners down there who would be far better placed taking one of the other options.

I agree. Slightly off topic but I find the obsession among fell runners with finding a shorter 'faster' more direct way to be a bit sad. Of course, speed is the name of the game so it's inevitable but I'm always aggrieved when the need for speed takes me along some soul-less contour or down a bland slope when the ridges are so much more sporting and aesthetically pleasing...

As a veteran of flinging myself off Blencathra (Sharp Edge in my case) with grievious consequences, I echo the best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[ydt]

.... I'm always aggrieved when the need for speed takes me along some soul-less contour or down a bland slope when the ridges are so much more sporting and aesthetically pleasing...
As a veteran of flinging myself off Blencathra (Sharp Edge in my case) with grievious consequences....

Andy, is an accident on a ridge preferable to one on a soul-less contour? Yiannis

[Rob Furness]

Sounds promising. Excellent news

[Cliveybaby]

Good to hear he is recovering. An accident anywhere is an accident does it matter whether it was on a race, recce or round?

[Fellhound]

Andy, is an accident on a ridge preferable to one on a soul-less contour? Yiannis

Absolutely... my Sharp Edge fall was a brilliant accident...

[Mike T]

Absolutely... my Sharp Edge fall was a brilliant accident...

Details?

[Baggins]

Absolutely... my Sharp Edge fall was a brilliant accident...

and a much better view

[Fellhound]

Details?

Sorry Mike, I was just matching Yiannis’ flippancy..

It wasn’t a brilliant accident at all actually, it was quite serious. I fell c.100ft in three or four bounces from the infamous slippery slab on the upper section of Sharp Edge in September 1999 and suffered multiple injuries: broken ribs, punctured lung, internal bleeding (haemo-thorax), broken cheekbone and other facial injuries, R kneecap broken into 4 pieces, severed patella tendon, big chunk of flesh gouged from R buttock etc.

I was close to death due to blood in the chest cavity when I got to Carlisle infirmary but have made an almost complete recovery thanks to the Mountain Rescue team, other people on the scene, and the medical care I received. Strangely though, I have never quite regained my previous level of fitness

Strangely Bill, I never noticed the view on my way down but I'm sure it was spectacular....