Todays permitted exercise!

[Graham Breeze]

That was the area i learnt my first real lesson about mountain weather.

Climbed up to Red Tarn and over the Crinkles in absolutely perfect weather... by the time i got to summit of Bowfell i couldn't see a thing, somehow ended up doing a 180 and ending up back at Three Tarns instead of Ore Gap.

Fairly sure i've done a 180 on Bowfell coming from the other direction as well.... it seemed a tricky fell in poor visibilty for me!!

I think until you have experienced the fear that comes from making a - until then inconceivable - mistake and saving yourself you aren't a proper fell runner.

Until you find yourself alone/ cold/ hungry/ "lost"/ fighting back a degree of panic... your running life can have always been following someone else or enjoying good weather or running on well known territory - and then suddenly it isn't.

The most important technical skill in fell running might be navigation but the most important human quality is humility.