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General list for when carrying all kit…

Basic list for camping/day walks…

There’s a 24-hour, 14-peak challenge across Snowdonia, taking in all of the >3000ft peaks. It’s quite a trek, with 3 huge ranges, each of which I’ve done on separate day-trips. I know of quite a few people who’ve tried this and failed, so PPPPPPP, and we need a lot to be on our side, like the weather. The summer would be a good time to do this, cos we’ll need to do some walking through the dark and bits are quite rocky and scrambly. We could also do with some support to meet us at the roads to swap gear, or we’ll be carrying quite a bit.

When we’re up for some hardcore scrambling, it would be nice to head up to the Isle of Skye to take in some crazy-assed ridge through the Cuillin Hills. This is getting a bit hardcore if you’re asking me… a chance to bag some extra munros, if we make it back alive (; (OS – Explorer 411)

I’ve previously toyed with the idea of walking the 24 hour 3 Peaks Challenge, covering Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowdon within 24 hours. I struggled to convince anyone they were up for the driving feat though. Subsequently, I have become aware of the sailing/walking challenge (sailing between them), so am trying to track down the skills to do it. Obviously the sailing version isn’t a 24-hour challenge.
Ya never know – it might happen one day…

Annapurna Circuit, Himalayas (15-21 days)

Adie, Ste and I headed up to the Cairngorms, leaving a car in Aviemore and a car in Braemar to attempt an ambitious trans-Cairngorm trek. We had some nice weather although low cloud came down for the latter half of the week. Starting at Braemar and walking the eastern peaks is incredibly remote, compared to the well-walked Cairn Gorm / Ben Macdui area and the Braeriach ridge. We found some fantastic wild camp sites during the week, experienced some sub-zero temperatures on the tops overnight, visited the newly-furbished (now with chemical loo) Corrour bothy, and made it back out to Aviemore within the week. We might not have conquered all of the peaks that we were aiming for though

Eating cheese in a mountain hut in France as we neared the end of the TMB last year, with a Turkish dude who didn’t like cheese, led to us finding out about the toughest long-distance trail in Europe.
Adie, Phil, Pink and I walked the 180km trail with 10000m of ascent over 16 days, south-north (Conca to Calenzana), saving the most fun and spectacular parts to the end, including the Cirque de la Solitude (day 12) and a day’s detour to take in Monte Cinto (2706m, day 13), Corsica’s highest mountain.
A challenging but incredibly fun walk which I would highly recommend, along with the local chestnut beer (Pietra) and Torra if you can track it down.

Adie and I got in a final bit of pre-Corsica practice with a long weekend wildcamping near Loch Lomond, hiking up over Ben Vorlich, Ben Vane, Ben Ime, and Beinn Narnain.

For May BH we headed towards Langdon Beck and Dufton to walk up past Low Force, High Force, Cauldron Snout and High Cup Gill – some of the coolest bits of scenery I remember from walking the Pennine Way back in 1995.
High Force is reputed to be the highest unbroken fall of water in England. (OS – Explorer OL19 and OL31)