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Dave A
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Staniforth uses SM a lot. It’s all about self promotion as he’s an author, speaker etc. I don’t know if the BG attempt was self promotion, although he does raise MH awareness through it.
Dave A
Dave A
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He’s also really unlucky. Two attempts at Everest. One ended up in an avalanche killing Sherpas and ending the attempt. The 2nd was during the big earthquake in Nepal. He had to be airlifted out alongside his team.

TBH I don’t actually know how much of an accomplished runner/adventurer he is.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
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He’s not as unlucky as the Sherpas
Dave A
Dave A
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True.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
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Interesting that he is held up as a great motivational speaker who inspires people. Personally I'm at a loss to understand why I should be inspired by someone who's poor understanding of a challenge and his own level of preparation for it was such that by Wasdale he was already 4 hours behind his target schedule? Reading his website I get the impression of someone who is good at setting ambitious targets and poor at actually achieving them but very good at getting a lot of misplaced kudos and sympathy on SM. Sure he's had some bad luck but based on his track record I suspect that has probably only served to obscure a likely failure anyway. Meanwhile lots of folk quietly go around achieving far more on a weekly basis. Personally those are the people that motivate me!
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
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1:01pm, 21 Aug 2021
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Self promotion. He’s not the only one
Totriornottotri
Totriornottotri
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He also failed to do the three peaks record last year(?) which involved significant his whining on SM.

Although I am a self confessed SM junkie I have only had 3 days access a month since May and haven't missed it at all... who knew?!
Dave A
Dave A
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He did the national 3 peaks a couple of years ago and ruined himself by the end.
Totriornottotri
Totriornottotri
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Dave A - Was last year - seems like longer
Dave A
Dave A
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I thought he got the record.

But was ruined afterwards.

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