[Closed] Gary Tompsett and Tim Austin are doing the WHW tomorrow morning....

Dont see how it's be a record attempt when the running record is 14hrs 20 minutes. Needs to be much quicker that 17 hours to be considered a decent record.

Weather isn't going to be great either - rain and ice/snow on high parts still.
Best of luck.

Thanks WML- I was asking if it was a record attempt, not stating- thanks for the info.

Good luck to the pair of them. Met Gary on the HTR last year and he's a top bloke.

Why would you choose to do it at this time of year?

I was up there yesterday, from Kinloch heading south. Once off the landy track onto the hill proper the sections of snow covering the path made it shite for riding. I turned round at allt a choire odhair mhair because all I could see from there up was more snow. Hope it's thawed a bit in the last 24 hrs!

That explains Gary's search for 29" studded tyres ..

[quote=FunkyDunc ]Why would you choose to do it at this time of year?

I remember Gary touting for companions for this on FB, and checking his messages, the whole point is to do it in winter. I was also thinking the same as rick!

Winter record maybe - I think Gary holds at least one of those for a classic mountain walking/running challenge, so he has form.

Here's their Spot Tracker:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0o9kHZ2zdacOKCmaWsyKfkSWABphYTSDp

Yep, all done now! 18hr39mins, with Tim Austin. Unsupported in Winter/Winter Conditions. I love the sometimes-technical-mtb-race-journey that the WHW provides, even with its included combat-biking stages. Having now done it unsupported one-way in 13.5hrs, back-to-back unsupported in 38hr01mins (with Nicola McLeod), and as part of a unsupported WHW+GGW last year, Glasgow to Inverness, I'm now looking for another Long Distant Route to enjoy!

p.s. the record for one-way is 11.5 hrs by Steven McInnes from Isle of Mull.

How was it? Much snow plugging or ice slipping?>

Good effort!