Adam Jackson

A huge well done to our 2011 winners. Adam Jackson became the first person to ever complete the course and he did so in a time of 14 hours 30 minutes. He was followed by Ozzy Kershaw (pictured below) who was 27 minutes behind and Joseph Gale (pictured below) who finished 61 minutes behind Adam in a time of 15 hours and 31 minutes.

Rebecca Lounds (pictured below) was the first female finisher in a time of 22 hours 26 minutes.

Both the male and female winners recieved a pair of Newton Terra Momentus Trail shoes worth £120 kindly donated by Newton Running. Read more

It really was fantastic, epic. There were a lot of highs but it was also brutal, with some considerable lows!! As the website said, “Too hard, too far!”

J. Hobbs & A. Eve

A huge thank you to all the staff at Honister Slate Mine who played host to the event on Saturday. Not only did they allow us to use their mine as a venue for a check point but they also cooked some much appreciated food for us. Competitors enjoyed a choice of jacket potato and chilli, or a veggie pasta dish. All the food was prepared at the mine especially for the 10 Peaks Challenge. I know from personal experience that I was looking forward to the chilli for hours before hand! And I wasn’t disappointed. The hot meal was just what I needed to give me a boost to get me up to Dale Head Tarn!

Honister is a working slate mine but also offers Via Ferrata. Via Ferrata is Italian for “Iron Way” and the system has been used in the Alps for more than a century. Honister’s Via Ferrata is an adventure climbing system that uses a permanently fixed cable for safety and protection up the rock face of the old miners’ route. You are attached to this system by a harness provided by Honister. Full safety instructions are provided and initially all tours will be guided. Check out their website for more information.

I found my knees giving way on the way down Scafell, and the route up to Pillar was a killer. Hands and knees all the way up. Then Great Gable was lovely in its loneliness. The night traverse from the slate mine past the Tarn was horrendous, I have scars all over my right leg and got wet feet as I constantly struggled with no path, bog, rocky outcrops, a GPS with dead batteries and the dark. View James’s video diary of the event here.