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Yorkshire 3 peaks part II

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:26:59 +0000

Well I have now finished the 3 peaks it took me 11 hours whith the helpof 2 friends JohnYoung and Rob Skellhorn.It was Hard going for me and at one point I did not think I would make it. but wiht the help of rob and john.plus me finding reserves I did not know I had I managed it

Rob, john and me On the top of Pen-Y-ghent

the weather at the time was not bad but the forcast for the day was rain.As we got towards whenside the rain came and as wgained height and went in to the low clouds the visibility went down.So out cam the wet gear.I was using Army surplus Gortex pants and they did keep my legs dry.My jacket was from Cranetrail that kept me dry but I did sweat alot ant it just trapped the moisture inside so my top was soaked wiht sweat.so Im going to be looking for a better base layer and a different Jacket

But at the end of the day I did it and I am well proud of my self and thanks again to John and Rob .Im still a bit sore and my knee still herts a little but wihtin a few days i will be back to adnormal again

Yorkshire 3 peaks

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:13:37 +0000

In a couple of weeks Im going to be doing the yorkshire 3 peaks challenge http://www.thethreepeakschallenge.co.uk/Yorkshire-Three-Peaks-Challenge/

I will be posting a few pics

Swedish Army Trangia

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:05:34 +0000

I recently bought myself a Swedish Army Trangia to go in my daysack.I was so impressed with it I bought 2 more one is for my lad.I got mine from Ronnie Sunshines on ebay he does new and used ones both are very good value for money

if you want to know how to use one have a look here http://www.whipperleys.co.uk

found a great blog

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:12:23 +0000

Ive just been looking around youtube and came across a video with a link to a website

http://www.deanread.net

I have only had a small look through so fare but im impressed