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Originally Posted by RustyBrooks
The walk ends in Fort William on 9/10 but also the whole thing is only 100 miles long. I think we spend the last 4 nights in a house in Fort William so I may "be" in Fort William on the 7th, but probably not during the day. Can you post some details?
And yeah, I've been watching the midge (and weather) forecast for a few weeks now. I'm normally not too bothered by insects, but I guess we'll see.
It's one of the classics of British fell running - about 700 runners going straight up and straight down the UK's highest mountain, from pretty much sea level (1360m of climbing from start to summit). The biggest climb you can do in the UK followed by the one of the roughest, toughest descents.
It starts at 1pm at Claggan Park, 10-15 mins walk from the town centre, and will take runners between 1:30-3:30 to get round. It's a great spectacle if you can get up on the mountain a little bit, especially to watch the faster runners descending. Also, there will be bagpipes.