Good plan spine race

[dav657]

It will be record anyway if he finishes as it is unlikely anyone has ever attempted it in winter. I was hut 2 Auchope on the Cheviots during the last night of the Spine as part of one of the safety teams, only Javed and one other racer were in good form at that stage, the others were in pieces at the very edge of their endurance. heaving through deep snow for 20 miles on the cheviots with hardly any sleep for almost a week had taken it's toll big style. We held them back, gave them hot drinks and food, soon running out of water so had to melt snow, until the medic was satisfied they were in good enough shape to make the finish. The racers, safety team and mountain rescue saved the life of a guy not involved in the race, but found by runners almost stripped off in an advanced state of hypothermia. he was brought off the hill into the hut, and we brought him round with sweet hot drink and Porridge, until Mountain rescue took him and he was picked up by Coast Guard helicopter.
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...n-border-ridge
Dave.