Wow, mountains are really steep!
I mean, there are steep hills and then there are…mountains!
I know you are probably now thinking “No shit, genius!” but I haven’t done this for years and I forgot what it was like. I think I got complacent because it’s “only walking”.
But I was as out of breath as anyone climbing Sugar Loaf in Wales this Sunday.
It was so tall; we were in the middle of a cloud…

…an actual cloud, for goodness sake!
It was cold up there too so thankfully stopping for lunch didn’t last long (thankfully because I left my sandwich in the car). At least I had proper boots this time, North Face and heavily reduced in the January sale.
I tested their waterproof aspect by trying them on at home and running them under a tap to see whether my socks stayed dry. (Some people seem to think this is odd behaviour but some of the best product reviews I have seen put the manufacturer’s claims under vigorous testing.)
As a group we did the mountain in four hours. We then got a reality check that one of the peaks with 300m more elevation than that one has to be done in the same timeframe.
Better keep training!
Today’s lesson: mountains are really tall. Next time: lakes are really wet and marathons are really far.
ps. Doesn’t this just look like something out of Game of Thrones? Really cool!
This is Brilliant and very true mountains are tall! Oh just to make you aware I wasnβt out of breathe last Sunday and I was first to climb it π Agree though, training is a way to go forward and to ensure that we are ready to take up the National Three Peaks!
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Oh no, I forgot you read this. What I meant to say was: “That was so easy – I’m sure the Three Peaks will be a breeze!”
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Ha ha! You are a poet and you donβt know it π it will be breeze indeed, we may also see some snow in Sunny Scotland π
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Good lesson π
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Oh those are all tough lessons ππ
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It’s all cutting edge sports science on this blog!
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It’s a steep learning curve!
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Cool! I love mountains
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Me too, but there’s no arguing with them!
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π yes
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