Quote Originally Posted by thedatastream View Post
Sorry to hear you pulled out mate, it was nice to chat to you on the way down from Ingleborough. You weren't making bad time but carrying on with that injury would not have been big or clever bearing the conditions in mind. Still look, they got our best side - http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/fellsman-10401#photo lol

Walked from Dent with and got grouped with cefn_dave of this parish and what a nice chap he is too. Draughted a strong team over Fleet Moss which made things much easier than they could have been. Saw friends who were at the Snaizeholme checkpoint which was a boost. We got withdrawn upon reaching Cray at 3:30am. Lots of hypothermic cases there. One of our group lost his sight almost totally on the approach to Hell Gap so I had to walk him hand in hand the nearly 2 miles down into Cray. Was gutted I couldn't carry on as I was feeling OK. Still had a great time - hope folk from our team and everyone else are OK.

JP
JP thanks for your kind comments,hope you got home OK.You were flat out on sports hall floor when i left.Great job leading the man off the hill.I'm sure that after a warm up we would have made it to the finish.
Under very trying conditions,I thought the organisers/marshalls et al did a brilliant job,many thanks to you all.
We all need to bear in mind the comments on hypothermia and take appropriate measures,with 3 wool layers,a fleece and a waterproof,i was still pretty cold,i could have done better in the glove dept. one or two fingertips still a bit numb!
So whats the answer?Adopt,adapt,improve and, come back next year.
Am off to wash out the smelly kit i was made to leave outside last night!