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Aug 2020
10:40pm, 18 Aug 2020
2,148 posts
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flyingfinn
And going back to the previous discussion about the descent Seat Sandal it isn't anywhere as nice a descent as it used to be. The increasing level of of traffic on the BG/JNC route in recent years has chewed it up and eroded it quite badly in several places. Particularly when it's wet and the bracken is up (i.e. now) parts of it aren't very pleasant at all, especially when you are trying to preserve your legs for later. The attempt I was on 10 days ago were cursing it when they reached Dunmail.
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Aug 2020
10:55pm, 18 Aug 2020
11,233 posts
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rf_fozzy
Thanks FF - I've not been up HR, so wasn't aware of underfoot conditions.
DT - happy to support should you require it (and I'm fit enough to keep up with you!)
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Aug 2020
11:00pm, 18 Aug 2020
2,149 posts
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flyingfinn
It's interesting to note that both the records set this summer that involve the HR/SM route choice (Beth's BG record and Kim's 24 hour record) were both set by people who have spent significant amounts of time looking at optimal lines and they both went to SM and then HR.
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Aug 2020
11:04pm, 18 Aug 2020
45,299 posts
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Derby Tup
I think they both went clockwise too 
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Aug 2020
11:13pm, 18 Aug 2020
2,150 posts
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flyingfinn
Well they can't get everything right
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Aug 2020
12:26am, 19 Aug 2020
31 posts
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gambrinus
I wonder if some unusual person will try and one-up John Kelly next year and canoe over to Ireland from Scotland and finish off with whatever the Irish equivalent round is (is there one?).
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Aug 2020
7:05am, 19 Aug 2020
22,539 posts
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Dave A
I think he’s done the BG, I just don’t think the trackers registered the Moot Hall, unless he’s crawled back to Keswick.
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Aug 2020
7:12am, 19 Aug 2020
2,570 posts
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B Rubble
I saw him go past the webcam just before 7am. He looked tired (unsurprisingly).
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Aug 2020
7:22am, 19 Aug 2020
45,300 posts
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Derby Tup
Dig in John lad
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Aug 2020
7:29am, 19 Aug 2020
22,540 posts
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Dave A
Looks like he dropped a few minutes in the dark over the rough stuff. Didn’t anyone tell him about the correct start times for CW attempts 😉
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