Weather looking pretty grim for tomorrow. Could be another Foel Fras on the cards!
Weather looking pretty grim for tomorrow. Could be another Foel Fras on the cards!
Foel Fras was a picnic compared to today! Think most people did a bit of sight seeing on Carneddau (me included), taking in lovely driving rain and sleet, persistent driving wind complete with a few knock-you-off-your-feet gusts and clag so thick it was possible to run straight past the checkpoint tent (me again..)
Snowdon was actually worse... 80mph winds
race was cancelled round 4:30 I think - may have been some sort of incident but not sure - I think around 30 in Category A finished
CD won - time of 4:42 I think
funniest part of the race was having two walkers sheltered in a little rock cave just after Llewelyn help me put my thermal top on - my hands had gone and needed help to put the thermal on and do up the waterproof zipper:
walker one to walker two: "no, your doing it wrong - you have to put her hands through the arm bits first"
walker two: "I'm not used to putting clothers ON a lady, usually too busy trying to do the opposite"
Last edited by skippy; 06-06-2009 at 06:34 PM.
Just seen this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8087297.stm
Anyone know if they've been found ok?
Hope everyone's ok.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090606...e-6323e80.html
latest news.
I did awfully i was third in the short up to the first checkpoint where i wondered around before sitting down and crying on a rock for an hour having disagreement with my compass which way was north. Got my act together eventually and got down to Pen-Y-Pass and stormed (crawled) up the pyg track. At Garnedd Ugain i sat in the tent for 15 minutes before hobbling to Snowdon. Finish time 3:13.50. Should do 1:50 next year
Weather atrocious and pudgy knows about my experience in bad weather
bbc news still says two are missing and 8 taken to hospital. I hope this is not still the case?
No further updates. I hope they are ok tooOriginally Posted by Man from Del Monte
1 missing now but accounted for.
You live in Bentham. Upper or Lower
Good News
At least its not me, floater or alphinGood News.
Hope he is ok.
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