Spare a thought for those doing the OMM

[hobbitboy]

These guys are not fair weather campers. I wish them the best of luck. It's gonna be a miserable few days in the hills for those lightweight enthusiasts.

http://www.theomm.com/event/eventNews.html

 

[British Red]

Personally I think "if its a miserable few days" they should chill out, enjoy the scenery and not turn the great outdoors into a competition,

On the other hand if they are enjoying it, well, thats what its all about and I'm happy they are happy.

Red

 

[JimN]

My wife works with a 60-year old bloke who's doing this

 

[firecrest]

Its their own choice to do this, so Im not inclined to spare a thought for those in self inflicted misery!

 

[dwardo]

I climbed a few hills last year in the lakes, i think it was skedor when a few of those types of guys flew plast me Fell runners i think they were, here is me draggin my panting carcas up the hill and they fly by like its a walk in the park
Was so tempting to trip one of them up

Certainly not my cup of tea but fair doos its a slog by the sounds of it!

 

[korvin karbon]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7691020.stm

now i am really sparring a thought. Hope all are safe at the end

 

[hobbitboy]

Yikes, let's hope they are all ok. All the best to the MR teams as well.

 

[BorderReiver]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7691020.stm

now i am really sparring a thought. Hope all are safe at the end

With a Severe Weather Warning in place, I'm surprised that the organisers didn't cancel.

 

[Cairodel]

These guys are not fair weather campers. I wish them the best of luck. It's gonna be a miserable few days in the hills for those lightweight enthusiasts.
http://www.theomm.com/event/eventNews.html

Good luck and best wishes to all the competitors.....
I couldn't do it... would if I could....

 

[firecrest]

"stranded marathon runners in rescue bid"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081025/tuk-stranded-marathon-runners-in-rescue-dba1618.html

Looks like its going badly :umbrella:

I hope they are all ok. Apparently they were advised to cancel but didnt.

ps - I looked for a smiley with a brolly that wasnt smiling but there is none

 

[spamel]

I hope they are OK, shame on the organisers for not having the balls to cancel in the first place. Shame on those who also went ahead and competed, none of them, event organisers or competitors, seem to have any sense!

 

[British Red]

Yep hope they come down safe and behave with more sense next time!

 

[Aragorn]

Hope they all make it safely home must be bleak up there tonight

 

[Walks with dogs]

I'm not going to judge those who are taking part,at least not today, I've made a few mistakes myself.

Wouldn't want to be out there thats for sure. Hope everyone makes it ok.

 

[hobbitboy]

It's always tough to turn back, especially when it is an event many people build their training year around it. If it was me I would have wanted to race. I respect the OMM, and those who do it are generally the best. It's an international event, many will have been out in worse.

 

[stevesteve]

The news is not looking great this morning.

Hopefully all those taking part who didn't make it to schools etc overnight have the experience to get into their bothie bags and get some high calorie food down their necks through the night.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Chips]

Apparently all are now safely accounted for, which is good.

 

[dwardo]

Apparently all are now safely accounted for, which is good.

Yep and good to hear they are all ok, now lets hope they put their hands in their pockets and dig deep when it comes to dontations for the mountain rescue fellows !

 

[StJon]

I'm glad they are all OK, it does raise the question of how light should lightweight camping go. My own thoughts are that a lot of them are ill equipped for when things go bad. Remembering back to my first introduction to the hills we were advised full change of clothes always carry sleeping bag etc. Kit has changed over the years but the dangers have not.
jon

 

[shep]

I'm glad they're ok. It seems that through their kit and their wits they all were.

I seems that not one competitor has spoked out against the organisers.

I sincerely hope noone gets cold feet about running this sort of thing in the future on H+S grounds.