Thanks guys .. the weather doesn't look as optimal as we had hoped so we will be leaving it as late in the weekend as we can and using all the tools we can.
Thanks again
Billy
Thanks guys .. the weather doesn't look as optimal as we had hoped so we will be leaving it as late in the weekend as we can and using all the tools we can.
Thanks again
Billy
Best of luck with the weather. We were supposed to be camping in Lakeland at the weekend but have put it off now
Poacher turned game-keeper
How did it go Billy?
He only set off at midnight, i.e. 0000 Sunday
Any news on this Irish attempt?
Thanks so much for your help guys. Two of the three of us finished in 23:19.
We went down to Wasdale to watch some of the teams go through on Saturday and the conditions were totally brutal for those guys. We started at midnight on Saturday and while the first few hours were gusty and misty the wind dropped off quite quickly and turned into a perfect day later. If we hadn't posted here we wouldn't have considered Doddick which was a really good choice so a special thanks for that. I had tried the round a couple of years ago and Hall's Fell scared me .. failed that one.
We messed up a bit on Lords Rake missing the left hand scramble but most other bits seemed to work out even if we didn't maybe get exactly the optimal route. We seemed to pick up time on the last couple of sections.
I can entirely see why you guys are so enthusiastic about this great event and wonderful location.
Thanks again
Billy
Well done, Billy!
Saturday I went for a bike ride with my two sons in the White Peak, that was bad enough in the wind!
Excellent, it is great having the start flexiblity when on a self supported attempt.
Last edited by DrPatrickBarry; 08-06-2015 at 12:09 PM.
Well done guys. A sterling effort. Knowing all the little cuts and grassy descent lines makes a difference. Hats off for the way you did it.Originally Posted by billyreedni
Got this email off my brother in Dublin. Sounds like these lads done it a really traditional way, make it all the more impressive
I was speaking to Richard Nugent (Presisdent of IMRA)
Richard was actually with the two Irish guys that did the Bob Graham recently i.e. Greg Byrne and Bill Reed. Billy had an an unsuccesful attempt before that was the only expereince they had on the round.
They were weather watching for ages and on the Tuesday before decided to go for it. Four of them (with Billy's wife) drove over and the three lads headed on to do the BG with no support bar Billy's wife driving all over Cumbria meeting them at each transition point.
Richard was saying with no reccing they were going solely on map and compass. Richard pulled out after 36 summits with a thorn ligament while descending on a scree slope..[Great Gable?] The other two laps completed it in 23' 49"
Total height gain was well over 7000m since they did not know and so didn't take the best lines. They also had loads of scrambling which I suppose lots of that could have been avoided
I know Richard is a very extreme adventure racer all over Europe and I would suspect the other two are as well..
Richard was saying they were running really hard on the BG since they were loosing so much time because of the navigation..
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