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Aug 2021
7:53am, 21 Aug 2021
23,121 posts
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Dave A
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.
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Aug 2021
7:55am, 21 Aug 2021
23,122 posts
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Dave A
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.
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Aug 2021
7:56am, 21 Aug 2021
51,469 posts
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Derby Tup
He’s not as unlucky as the Sherpas
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Aug 2021
7:58am, 21 Aug 2021
23,123 posts
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Dave A
True.
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Aug 2021
12:54pm, 21 Aug 2021
2,811 posts
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flyingfinn
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!
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Aug 2021
1:01pm, 21 Aug 2021
51,478 posts
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Derby Tup
Self promotion. He’s not the only one
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Aug 2021
1:45pm, 21 Aug 2021
1,768 posts
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Totriornottotri
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?!
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Aug 2021
2:02pm, 21 Aug 2021
23,124 posts
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Dave A
He did the national 3 peaks a couple of years ago and ruined himself by the end.
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Aug 2021
2:14pm, 21 Aug 2021
1,769 posts
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Totriornottotri
Dave A - Was last year - seems like longer
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Aug 2021
2:29pm, 21 Aug 2021
23,125 posts
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Dave A
I thought he got the record.
But was ruined afterwards.
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