The Englishman who went up the wrong mountain, and then back down a river

[andrewducker]

This is us, on our way up to climb Cribyn:

Comments

[soon_lee]

Looks a lovely day of it.

[andrewducker]

It was. Hillwalking is one of those things I actively enjoy. Not just for the view, but it is a big part of it.

[shannon_a]

Looks like a *wonderful* hike!

[andrewducker]

It was rather nice. And my legs feel fine today.

[lilchiva]

I could not walk 12 miles. I can do like 5 miles.

Teach me your nerd fitness ways. For example, did you all stop for lunch?

[andrewducker]

Go for lots of 5 mile walks. Where possible walk home from work (or wherever is walkable where you are).

We didn't stop for lunch, but I was carrying some food with me, and we did stop for about ten minutes on top of Pen y Fan.

[lilchiva]

Right on. So, basically, your l33t nerd advice is the same as everyone else's. lol

Cheers and thank you. I'll let you know how I progress.

[andrewducker]

Oh yes. I don't have any magic alternative to exercise, sadly.

[benicek]

Such a dramatic looking area. Isn't that where those four SAS trainees died of heat exhaustion a few years ago?

[andrewducker]

Yup. Exactly the same place:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11641748/SAS-hopefuls-were-close-to-finish-when-they-died.html

If it was 5 degrees warmer, they were carrying heavy packs, and they hadn't brought water with then I'm not surprised, sadly.

[seraphicwing]

I wish we had pretty geographical places like that here! (But I live in central Texas, which is more of a geographical pit than anything else. The only good thing about it is that a tornado has to spawn here to do any real damage, as we are somewhat protected since tornadoes can not "skip ground".)

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I've flown over Texas and it was lots of yellow/brown with occasional green circles.

Plenty of gorgeous places elsewhere in the US, of course.