Intended doing an 18 mile trip round most of the course yesterday after work, misjudged the distance and it ended up nearly 20 miles. A catalogue of problems meant I got very very cold coming down Keighley gate road (cutting off the west buckstones/pipers crag section) and by the time I was off the moor at Burley woodhead I was feeling very rough. My whole body was cold and I felt unusual to say the least. After a while I felt I was warming up but still felt terrible and started getting a little vague and thinking unusual thoughts. I made it up the Chevin and painfully trotted back down to my van parked at the leisure centre before starting to feel dizzy and extremely sleepy. Not a great sign really. I sat in the van and drank two cups of hot coffee from a flask along with several biscuits before turning the heater on low and warming up slowly. Took me ages before I felt right again. I'm pretty sure I was Hypothermic and it wasn't a pleasant experience at all. I had worn a decent layer of clothing but obviously not enough to combat the extremely cold wind in my face all the way down the moor and back across it. Valuable lessons learnt though, and I have to say, having read Ian's article put me in good stead to recognise what was happening and stay in control. I had a phone but given my position I decided I didn't need to call for help just yet as I would have had to stop and wait, which would have obviously made me even colder. What I did do was text my wife as soon as I was at the van to tell her what was happening and where I was as a bit of a backup.

Scary stuff :w00t: