I think he meant "man up" in the context of even attempting it, which you did, because people are reluctant to let down an army of supporters, when common sense might adivse giving it a miss, and on your own you would probably do something else. Actually some of those supporters instead of feeling "let down" by the cancellation ,might well have breathed a sigh of relief if it had been called off.Originally Posted by Stolly
Haha, thanks Simon. We clearly didn't man up sufficiently
Our anti-clockwise leg three started from Wasdale at about 4:20 pm and we were within 200 yards of the top of Scafell just as the rain really set in. We were in cloud, strong wind and rain all across the boulder strewn tops with the rain becoming nightmarish after Great End. And that rain, cloud and wind pretty much stayed with us from there to when we pulled the plug at Threlkeld at 5:20 on Sunday morning. Our problem at Threlkeld was that we would have had to have got around Blencathra, Great Calva and Skiddaw in 3.5 hours. No amount of manning up and going for it at that point would have got us there
You clearly did that by even starting!
Respect.
You will easily do it in finer conditions. Each one of those factors, the weight of rainy gear, the wind, the tip toing down steep stuff in driving rain, probably cost you the difference. Taken together you would have made it with time to spare.
PS those trackers are a mixed blessing. When they work is great for supporters. When they stop , people seem to end up more worried than when there is no tracker! Oddly it seemed to seize up when you passed sharon coming the other way.
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