Some day that was....!
Pretty sure that is up near the the top of the Corridor Route/Piers Gill/Lingmell Col.
Some day that was....!
Pretty sure that is up near the the top of the Corridor Route/Piers Gill/Lingmell Col.
Entries for this year close on Monday.
Hope Pete and everyone else enjoyed the Mountain Trial today....
Interesting to see the amount of "novices" placing high up.
Good to see plenty of young faces there and a good turnout in general. I did enjoy the trial and I'll post more tomorrow but thanks to some ridiculous highways management (M6 closed near Lancaster with no prior warning!?), I've not long got home with an early start tomorrow.Originally Posted by Travs
The courses looked interesting.
I was exploring round that old mine chimney on Raise this time last year, thinking what an interesting feature it would be on a mountain trial...!
It was a tough one this year - I clocked 20k with 1400m ascent on the short course in just under 4 hours for 16th place. Quite pleased with that as I didn't push it too hard and all the injuries held up (apart from jarring my shoulder tripping over a tussock!) There were some interesting options in terms of route choice from CP1 to CP2 but the biggest conundrum was then to CP3 - High Brow (above Dowthwaite Head) to that old chimney on Raise. I contemplated the direct line over Hart Side and Green side but didn't fancy the additional ascent that would require. I chose to drop down to Dowthwaite head and take the path under Hart Side to join the path contouring around the head of Glencoynedale and dropping into Nick Head. Others chose either direct or via Sticks pass. It was pretty straightforward after that with a good run in over the Dodds - basically the latter part of the Helvellyn race.
I've just posted my GPX on the route gadget.
Looking at route gadget, I seen to have lost a good 10-12 minutes on my route choice from 2-3. The classic faced a similar choice from 3-4 and in most cases there was not much in it between going direct or via Sticks. Also amazing how many got early controls completely wrong. Perhaps late start times were lucky with cloud cover?
Another very enjoyable day, definitely one of the first events in my calendar each year. As you say Pete, good choices/options first half and then more straightforward second half. I was on the classic and went quite a long way round under Great Dodd from 3 to 4, not many seemed to go that way, but when I look at the splits and play the routes on the route gadget thing it didn't seem any slower than the people around me.
So Eskdale YHA is the venue this year. Plenty of challenging options South to Dunnerdale, the Scafells, Wasdale, upper Eskdale, I guess even the heads of Ennerdale or Borrowdale are viable options. I note Rhys F-R is the course setter so could be interesting!
Entries have now opened for the 2023 Lyon Equipment Lake district Mountain Trial. Sunday the tenth of September. from Eskdale Youth Hostel. They will close on the 28th of August so that we can print maps, sort food etc.
PeteS is entirely correct with the range of options and the support of Eskdale Youth Hostel........
Full details on the LDTM website https://www.ldmta.org.uk/
Entries through SportIdent https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.ph...event_id=11575
Andrew
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