Lake District Walk

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My father and I are going to be doing a circular walk around the Lake District in a few weeks. The
week-long walk will take us to the top of all Lakes peaks higher than 2500 feet, starting from
Coniston and going in a clockwise direction, ending in Staveley.

Whilst admiring your stamina and choice of venue I feel that in rushing around the 60 or so summits
above 2500' you will miss the true beauty of the Cumbrian Fells.

However , I wish you the best of luck.

Dave All Wainwrights completed 74 Walks......763 miles......approx 200,000' of ascent to complete.
At Heysham looking across Morecambe Bay to the Cumbrian Fells

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Quoted message said:

My father and I are going to be doing a circular walk around the Lake District in a few weeks. The
week-long walk will take us to the top of all Lakes peaks higher than 2500 feet, starting from
Coniston and going in a clockwise direction, ending in Staveley.

Whilst admiring your stamina and choice of venue I feel that in rushing around the 60 or so summits
above 2500' you will miss the true beauty of the Cumbrian Fells.

Not as much as if they stayed at home...

Out of interest, the route is clearly planned. Can the original poster tell us our of interest some
little snippets like total length and total ascent?

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However , I wish you the best of luck.

Dave All Wainwrights completed 74 Walks......763 miles......approx 200,000' of ascent to complete.
At Heysham looking across Morecambe Bay to the Cumbrian Fells

Oo you're a neighbour.

--
Michael Farthing cyclades Software House

On 17 Feb 2004 15:11:30 GMT, [email hidden] (Dave Brown)

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Whilst admiring your stamina and choice of venue I feel that in rushing around the 60 or so summits
above 2500' you will miss the true beauty of the Cumbrian Fells.

They're taking a week over it, doesn't sound particularly rushed to me.

Thanks for the replies guys. Although now living 'down south' I spent 10 years growing up living on
the outskirts of the Lake District in Ulverston. My father lived in the region for 25 years and was
a Lake District Warden and served in the Mountain Rescue, so we know the region quite well! Since
leaving the region I have been back, on average, 5 or 6 times a year (still have relatives there).
Although I do understand why you wouldn't recommend that 'newcomers' rush around, as you may leave
without a real appreciation of the beauty!

My father has done most of the actual planning, and has a large Excel spreadsheet with more detail
than you could shake a stick at... Anyway, the gist of it is this: total distance travelled will be
121.5 miles, total cumulative ascent will be 43869 feet. These are conservative figures, and are
likely to be longer/higher, as they assume straight lines between waypoints etc...

If you have any more Q's dont hesitate to ask!

By the way, is this kind of walk quite 'common'?

Regards,

Michael S

In message <[email hidden]>, Michael S
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Thanks for the replies guys. Although now living 'down south' I spent 10 years growing up living on
the outskirts of the Lake District in Ulverston. My father lived in the region for 25 years and was
a Lake District Warden and served in the Mountain Rescue, so we know the region quite well! Since
leaving the region I have been back, on average, 5 or 6 times a year (still have relatives there).
Although I do understand why you wouldn't recommend that 'newcomers' rush around, as you may leave
without a real appreciation of the beauty!

My father has done most of the actual planning, and has a large Excel spreadsheet with more detail
than you could shake a stick at... Anyway, the gist of it is this: total distance travelled will be
121.5 miles, total cumulative ascent will be 43869 feet. These are conservative figures, and are
likely to be longer/higher, as they assume straight lines between waypoints etc...

Hmmm - well in my younger days I might have thought of doing this.. (thought, note, not actually
done so). Nowadays I wouldn't even think of it. I work it out as over 17 miles and 6000 feet per
day. Roger Chapman would of course think this was a mere nothing...

BTW are you camping too?

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If you have any more Q's dont hesitate to ask!

By the way, is this kind of walk quite 'common'?

It certainly used to be. The once-famous Baguley guide to the Lake District (from before my time:
around the 1930s/40s I think, but my inherited copy seems to be mislaid) had a section that listed
various exploits of this kind (and worse, as it were).

Well, good luck with it.

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Michael Farthing cyclades Software House

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the replies guys. Although now living 'down south' I spent 10 years growing up living
on the outskirts of the Lake District in Ulverston. My father lived in the region for 25 years and
was a Lake District Warden and served in the Mountain Rescue, so we know the region quite well!
Since leaving the region I have been back, on average, 5 or 6 times a year (still have relatives
there). Although I do understand why you wouldn't recommend that 'newcomers' rush around, as you
may leave without a real appreciation of the beauty!

My father has done most of the actual planning, and has a large Excel spreadsheet with more detail
than you could shake a stick at... Anyway, the gist of it is this: total distance travelled will
be 121.5 miles, total cumulative ascent will be 43869 feet. These are conservative figures, and
are likely to be longer/higher, as they assume straight lines between waypoints etc...

If you have any more Q's dont hesitate to ask!

Hi Mike I have 2 questions:
1. At which point during your walk will you have cumulatively climbed the height of Everest?
2. Do you have any experience of walking with a Cerro Torre rucksack (specifically, the Delta65)?
Good luck with your walk! Tom

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By the way, is this kind of walk quite 'common'?

Regards,

Michael S

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Hmmm - well in my younger days I might have thought of doing this.. (thought, note, not actually
done so). Nowadays I wouldn't even think of it. I work it out as over 17 miles and 6000 feet per
day. Roger Chapman would of course think this was a mere nothing...

Not so. I have never found 6000 feet of ascent in a day particularly easy and while I have done
double that in a day occasionally (in the dim and distant past) I doubt whether I would ever have
been able to sustain 6000 per day for anywhere near a week. The closest comparison I can make is the
Scottish 4000s (85 miles but only 17000 feet of ascent) which took me a bit over 5 days. However I
was totally exhausted when I set out on that and had to contend with some unseasonal snow conditions
as well so probably not representative of me in my prime.

--

Roger

Thanks for the reply Michael.

Yes, it will be quite strenuous... Still, we're both very fit (my dad used to think that running the
40-odd mile Keswick to Barrow race was a light workout!).

We will be camping... either wild or in campsites if were in the vicinity of one at the end of the
day. We've done plenty of hard 'weekend' walking on the cumbrian fells, sometimes covering 40 miles
over 2 long summer days, without too much aching etc. (and I had taken my ancient medium format
camera with me, and that weighs a tonne!). This week-walk just seemed like a logical progression...

All this talking about it makes me want to start tomorrow!

Cheers again for the info!

Regards,

Michael S