Hey don't criticise the organisers, they were brilliant. And like IanDarkpeak said they made absolutely the right call to pull the plug at exactly the right time. If their resources were becoming so stretched because of continual multiple call outs to pick DNF's up from checkpoints etc then they did the right and proper thing. It was nothing to do with runners/walkers having insufficient equipment and, as for experience, I think you'd have had to have been there to fully appreciate the effects of the weather.

As for qualifying events, what are you on about? Are you saying that to do a long event, you have to prove that you've already done one before? A bit chicken and egg eh? I don't think one single person went into this years fellsman without the right kit and without an idea of what they were facing. But of course it was tough - if it was easily within everybody's capabilities then not many people would want to do it!