Bit of a nightmare for me. Decent start on Klets on day one, but slipped going up over Pillar and gave my foot a right bash (not to mention my left buttock). Carried on for a bit, but it was too painful to manage for the rest of the weekend, so had a rather dejected hobble back to the event centre.
Well done to one and all - sounds like you enjoyed your first MM a bit too much Tahr! Well done Rydell I'll take you up on that offer of a pint sometime - after mountain trial maybe? U know you want to!
Im well chuffed to have come out on top - I fear more by luck than design. You kept me hanging in there through a rough patch Bill J. I must confess that as I got slightly ahead of you going up to the 2nd to last sheepfold, as you bared right behind me - (way to early!) - I felt smug about you and a load more runners heading up the wrong stream... ha ha - schoolboy error I thought, Fools! they must be tired and blindly following each other. .... oh ... hang on a minute .... I cant have done... SH*T!...... its me whos marked up the sheepfold 1km to the north by mistake. Time for a detour! I should have stuck with you!! That was one of several similar errors over the two days - still loved it though!
From my discussions with people there was a mixed reaction to the new format. I quite liked it as a change - a lot of factors to consider and really important to see the best strategy from the off or you were pretty much out of the game.
Toreador- leave the route gaget issue with me and i will ask. Dave J , the organiser, is in our orienteering club so I will see what is possible. Lots is changing with the SLMM - torches, Klets etc so perhaps they will be able to use it.
Thanks to Tahr, Nee Bother and Bill for their congratulations- you have no idea how scared i was earlier in the weak when the forecasts were so rubbish. I think in wet windy weather I wouldhave struggled. Suspect it was also slightly easier tis year? (but I am stll very pleased and might have another go). Nice to make so many new friends. Great atmosphere as always. Someone asked about sack weights- i got mine down to 5.5kg and I guess I could have shaved off more by leaving out the long sleeved thermal, spare undies and socks and a bit of food.
Cheers. You could ask him about GPS trackers (with no readout) while you're at it ;-)
The Bowfell course was definitely easier than usual - possibly an over-correction after last year? We still managed to be slower though!
I'd be very interested to know what your split was between 5 and 6?Originally Posted by Toreador
Did anyone findthe vaguely suicidal-looking planners route to the last control on day 2, straight down the craggy hillside from Red Pike? We went for the scree run down Black Comb and gained about 10 minutes on the others in front of us who went for Wind Gap
By the time we got to 5 the cloud had come in on the top of Scoat Fell, and we were worried about dropping down amongst all those crags, so for some reason we thought it would be sensible to carry on along the path more or less all the way to Dore Head, then drop down there and double-back. That leg took us 1hr 4mins and must have cost us a couple of places at least :thunbdown:
Last edited by gee_cee; 09-07-2012 at 07:26 PM.
45 minutes
If anyone's interested, our routes:
http://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook...=2022&i=217254
http://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook...=2022&i=217255
and a few photos
http://climbing.me.uk/SLMM2012/index.html
some lovely pics. Particularly like the one of the guy eother praying or holding 'the plank' (admirable to go for core strength at that stage!)
Torreador - we went round the climber's path to 2 on Day 1. Lost 4mins to Jonny and Lewis who went over Windy Gap, but I reckon it was maybe 10mins slower but missing the descent on the other side saved our legs.
We also took a direct line out of 2, over the Band before contouring into the corridor route. Again we lost 2 mins to the above pair, but reckon this was mainly once we were on the corridor route.
27 seconds split us at the end of day 2 - although Jonny marking #5 1km south of where it actually was on their maps made it a bit more of an exciting finish than it should have been!
Day 2 leg 4 - linked the cols together before swinging a bit north after Pots of Ashness to miss the grey contours, then contoured underneath grey on Blackbeck KNotts before ascending Black Beck.
Leg 6 - 32mins, fairly necky route as well, just south of Black Combe.
Thinking about Klets next year (although I am pants at score and 'tactics'). Whether I'll go hard or go home I don't know yet!
Last edited by ba-ba; 09-07-2012 at 08:14 PM.
Etak and I went via Wind Gap in 39 minutes (she very kindly waited for me twice, first to vomit and second to empty stones from my shoes). We thought about black comb and the planners wall route off the summit of red pike but in the cloud we opted for the route we knew.45 minutes
Chuffed with our best ever MM finish.
Daniel
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