Corbett round 2009

[RobW]

Just had a look at the blog. So after the Ardgour prang he took 4 days off, then climbed 1 Corbett and the very next day 6 tough Ardgour Corbetts. That would be a hard day without a sair knee

[ChrisU]

Following the near disastrous plummet from the mountain bike after Creach Bheinn / Fuar Bheinn, Manny has made a good enough recovery to hobble on for the past few weeks, and is now within about 30 Corbetts of completion. Last night he wasn't off the hill until 11.30pm, and missed out Sail Mhor. So the overall progress is dropping a day or 2, and predicted completion is next Friday (3rd July).

[RobW]

So the overall progress is dropping a day or 2

As much as that .

Seriously gritty stuff. Reckon he'll be looking forward to 3rd July; and maybe pumpkin pie the next day (OK maybe not the pie).

[RobW]

Just 3 to go - Manny due to finish today by the looks of it

http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/

[bigmoose]

Manny completed his Corbett round today with Ben Loyal being his 219th. I reckon that makes it about 69 days 4.5 hours, and a record by a good long way. I've put the brief details I have on the blog at http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/

Drama right to the end.

I believe he was also interviewed from the summit of Ben Loyal on BBC Radio Scotland's Newsdrive, which is available for 7 days on the iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hkd
(Try about 13 mins into the programme)

Congrats to Manny, get well soon Brenda, and thanks for all the tea!

Johnston

[ChrisU]

A massive congratulations to Manny Gorman for completing the Corbetts in 70 days, starting with Clisham on Harris (25th April) and finishing with Ben Loyal on 3rd July. The entire trip was carried out on foot, bike and under sail, i.e. purely self- and wind-assisted.

http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/

[Baggins]

Well done to Manny

Really enjoyed reading the blog, that was one adventure

[RobW]

Manny completed his Corbett round today with Ben Loyal being his 219th. I reckon that makes it about 69 days 4.5 hours, and a record by a good long way. I've put the brief details I have on the blog at http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/

Fantastic ! Any idea what the previous record was? Glancing down the list linked from the blog I can see a few 3-year efforts http://www.corbetteers.110mb.com/

[bigmoose]

I reckon Craig Caldwell's 1 year and 1 week is the next best effort. This is described in his book Climb Every Mountain, where he tackled all the Munros and Corbetts in '85/'86.

There was some talk of an 85-day round existing, but this doesn't seem to be documented anywhere so Caldwell's round seems to have been the fastest known to date. It would be good to get input from forumites to correct or confirm this.

The fact that there have been so few attempts to date might indicate the level of difficulty involved! (Contrast with the number of known fast Munro rounds.)

[RobW]

The fact that there have been so few attempts to date might indicate the level of difficulty involved! (Contrast with the number of known fast Munro rounds.)

More likely the relative popularity / higher profile of Munros w.r.t. Corbetts. But as you say, Corbetts a harder challenge! And the gauntlet is now well and truly laid down.