Running London's First Ever Mountain Marathon
If you're raising money for a charity that helps introduce young people from the city to the mountains, what better way to do it than bringing a mountain to the city? Mike Coppock took the novelty costume to new heights at this year's London Ma...
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Be curious if he'd be willing to post his kit list? (I bet he has it written down!)
Wow! Took me 5 and a half weeks to walk it and I thought I was going well.
Wow, that's very fast! I'd love to go back to the Pyrenees. I'm a little worried about the resurgence of bears though. Am I being silly or is it a real danger? It's not something I want to be worrying about.
Top effort Mike well done self supported with pack under 4kg some beasht!
I wouldn't worry about it though there is a certain frisson when you're walking through thick maquis on your own, picking myrtilles and all is quiet. People very rarely see them, but that's a lot more than 25 years ago when no-on ever saw one. There was face to face charge in, iirc, Val d'Aran a couple of years ago and recently a hunter in Ariege was attacked. He got badly bitten but he shot the bear. There isn't anywhere I wouldn't go but there are some places where I'd make a bit more noise. I've met a couple of people carrying pepper spray, something I've never considered.