Arrochar Alps Hill Race

YC ran the Arrochar Alps Hill Race on Saturday. It packs 4 Munros and 8,000 ft of climbing into its 15 miles. Cloud cover at 2,000 feet made for tricky navigation on the tops. Indeed YC went for a bit of wander on Ben Vane and lost about 20 mins in the process, after which he took it canny. This was (of course) a ploy to keep him fresh for the Chevy Chase next week. He took over 5 hours to finish the race, after which he is most definitely due a Deuchars.

Team NFR at the start of the race


steep climbing up Ben Vorlich


with Peter Simpson (his fellow wanderer on Ben Vane) at the finish

more photos

more detailed report on the NFR website