A Feat of Endurance Round Wasdale
Yewbarrow, Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Scafell.
On Saturday, Iain and I covered 16 miles and more than 2700 metres of ascent over these mountains. In cloud (and rain) all day.
Maybe we were a bit ambitious but once we'd stated our aims (to each other) we just kept at it.
I'm not particularly hill fit at the moment (despite my running), so it took us 11 hours. It was mostly enjoyable but the last descent from Scafell was brutal.
The photo was taken the night before from the National Trust campsite. I drove down on Friday night and Iain came up from Leek to meet me first thing in the morning. The weather was lovely in the evening but as you can see from the rest of our photos, we were wet most of the day on Saturday.
It was good training for our aim of completing the Wales 3000s in a couple of weeks, which is going to be a much bigger day.
Today, I picked up an old Trail magazine and opened it randomly to a page which described our exact route. Which was a bit freaky.
The magazine described the route as a Feat of Endurance. Which made me smile.
