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Old 03-07-2006, 09:34 PM
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Re: Welsh 3000s

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Originally Posted by Jonny
Well I know a bit about this, most people try to do in a day, and thats a long day, a very long day. To do it in 5 hrs is incredible. Eeyore, you must be really fit to even attempt this, or a nutter . How are you on heights and exposure, I bet the person who did it in 5 hrs ran across the crib goch (sp?) ridge. Me ?, I stumbled across on me bum, scared stiff.
Good luck to you Eeyore, I hope you do it. Have you tried to get sponsorship off some of the outdoorsey companies. I may of joined you about 15 years ago as I used to do quite a bit of running, mostly longer distance, but I am now nearly the wrong side of 40 and not so much into challenges.................Jon
I've tried it before with my mate jamie back in '94 We did it in just over 8 hours, missing the then record by 13 miniutes , give or take a few seconds.

We ran everywhere except for crib goch which we walked briskly - we ran the tryfan ridge though wich was pretty scary - but no worse than the running iron or the fan dance (for the uninitated the latter is a route over pen y fan, originally devised by the SAS for their selection but now run by idiots like me trying for the civilian record - the army (and overall) record being well out of reach of ordinary mortals.)

I'm going to do it even if I have to run alone or drag in one of my mates from outside wab - but it would be better publicity wise if another Wabber was up for it. When I we get everything set up we will need a couple of volunteers on top of most of the peaks with water etc, plus people to try for sponsorship etc.

Thing is even if I fail I bet we can get trail etc to cover the attempt so Wab will benefit regardless.
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