Agree pretty much entirely with Zlod's sentiments a few posts further up. The decision to go ahead on Saturday gave many of the competitors one of the most memorable days in the mountains they will ever have. I saw things on Saturday that I will probably never see again and it was a great experience.

The last hour or so before reaching the midway camp was particularly memorable, and Zlod and I were getting ourselves prepared for the prospect of 18 fairly miserable hours at camp. For the record we got round the (shortened) Elite course in a bit over 4 hours 30 minutes.

The severity of the weather meant that abandoning it was probably the only viable option to take. The walk back over Honister was the toughest part of the day.

We were smug getting back to the FRCC hut in Rosthwaite and looking forward to an evening in the pub. The smugness quickly evaporated when we saw a stream flowing through the Scafell hotel bar. The most amazing aspect of a quite extraordinary weekend was the fact that my flooded car started on Sunday morning - testament to German engineering.

As has been mentioned repeatedly the reporting in the mainstream media has been wildly inaccurate. I think they were looking for a story which made a change from the usual credit crunch, political shenanigans etc. Anyway collectively we knocked Peter Mandelson off top spot in the news which can't be bad...

The organisers, marshals competitors and everyone involved showed the sort of initiative and perseverance that the OMM is all about. Long live the OMM!