Quote Originally Posted by Fellhound View Post
I'm probably a voice in the wilderness here (I'm used to that) but it's sad to reflect that with all this information and micro-navigation flying around the Ramsay (and the PBR) are sure to go the same way as the BG and eventually become just another standard test piece to follow the procession round...
That is disrespectful to everyone that has worked hard to do a Bob Graham round. The PB and especially the RR are too far away from mass populations to become as popular, as the BG anyway. But they are all hard and a true test of mountain ability.
When you have to drive 6 hours to get to Fort William to begin to look at the RR round (as I and a lot of others do), a bit of free information exchanging is hardly against the ethos. As with them all you still need the mental and physical fitness, as well as courage to take them on in the first place. If you say you have done one of them people know it was hard. They are a great place to start before making your own rounds up, as Yiannis and others have done. Have you got any "test pieces" that I can follow after finishing the "standard" ones? I know Yiannis, John Fleetwood and Chris Upson have.