On the 8th August I competed for the first time in the “Seven Sevens Mourne Mountain Challenge Walk” (organized by the Red Sox walking club). The idea is to climb the 7 highest peaks in the Mournes - each one is over 700m with the highest Donard being 850m. Tim Boyle accompanied me on the walk. We thought we had done quite well and were surprised to discover that we finished in position 206 and 207 from a field of 242 including 25 who didn't finish. Hats of to the others! Although we had little energy left during the last two hours, it was hard to see where else we could have made up time. Would I do it next year again? Ask me in a years time when I have forgotten how the legs felt for 4 days afterwards :)
...PARDON??? ...Oh the time? Eh (don't tell anybody - right?)... 12 hours and 39 minutes...
I logged the walk on a Suunto Vector Altimeter watch and I registered a total ascent of 2705m (10 peaks i.e. where a height difference of 200m was made after a descent). The distance was 28km!!!
Good on you Gary. Good job you didn't wimp out like the rest of us! 4 peaks challenge sounds like a nightmare...but I am tempted.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good blog: will be bouncing in and out of here, and might even get my own up and running again.
Andrew R
[Armagh]
Thanks for your post. Yes we really should do the 4 peaks next year and we could raise money for a good cause. It might put me off for ever but then I could make a fortune with all the equipment on eBay :)
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