Quote Originally Posted by philt1 View Post
From what i understand Stolly, your bad navigation was partly to blame for the poor outing this year. 2 members of that team have completed before with no problems so dont think it was just their fitness. dont really think its fair to be just blaming them and giving them a slagging.. take a look in the mirror!!!
I agree that my navigation wasn't brilliant Phil although we recovered from my major cock up after Lost Lad. Navigation on the HPM is always fun. Apologies I wasn't meaning to slag them off (they were a good bunch and either way we had a laugh) but the two guys who'd completed it before both admitted that they weren't fit enough and the third guy definitely wasn't. We were squarely in last place one third of the way in (before any misnavigation) despite a fairly early start time. The main point I was trying to make is that its a real lottery not getting in with your own team and throwing your hat in the ring as a sub