Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
On the race website route map, under the yellow, there is a path going off left (on the descent) roughly halfway down from Checkpoint 1/stile to Kirk Close - there is a very similar "hot" line on Strava global heat map - is this way down not viable? It would seem many people use it, though not necessarily in the race.
It's viable, but really you want to be cutting off that corner. The problem is crags on a narrow cut, and as i found out, crags/gorse/heather/peril on a wide cut. The narrow cut will work for you if you find the right gully, which is what i'll be doing next year, gorse can't grow in running water.