1. 2012

Vegan Welsh 3000s in Snowdonia in August

In 2010 an all-vegan team completed the infamous Welsh 15 Peaks challenge, climbing all 15 peaks higher than 3,000 feet, in the same day. The amazing stories and photos are here. In August 2012, seven vegans once again assembled at Pen-y-Pass in Snowdonia at the ungodly hour of 04:30 to repeat the challenge – but this time, the plan was to run as much as possible, making it, as far as we know, the world’s first vegan ultra-marathon. We faced 30 miles/48 km and 14,921 feet/4000+ m of ascent, but perhaps the greatest challenge was the weather. Not only was it a British summer, but a Welsh summer! During the first attempt, six weeks ago, small streams became impassable torrents during torrential rain, and after battling over one mountain range, the course was closed for safety reasons (see event website). This time only 'showers and occasional thunderstorms' were forecast. Surely then it would be easy...?
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    This was the first two thirds of the route. We started at Pen y Pass at 0430, climbed the knife-edge of Crib Cogh in semi-darkness, hanging on for dear life to rocks made slick by rain, went on to Snowdon summit, arriving at Nant Peris in the valley (1st checkpoint) just after 0700, crossing the Glyderrau Range to Tryfan and descending to lake Ogwen (2nd checkpoint), reaching it at 13:50. Then my GPS ran out of power before we climbed North onto the 3rd and final range - the Carneddau.
    In the 1st two mountain ranges we climbed 2,544 m.
    route 1st two thirds - speed superimposed on altitude.jpg