LAMM 2009

YC completed the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon (LAMM) with Paul Hainsworth over the weekend. The event was held at Kintail which is near Kyle of Lochalsh in the north-west of Scotland. Despite a poor forecast, the weather was generally pretty good with high cloud, a cooling breeze and some sunshine. Competitors have to be self-sufficent for 2 days carrying tents, sleeping bags and food. The venue for the event is only announced 2 days beforehand, and you get the course (a series of checkpoints) when you start the race. It's like a combination of fellrunning, orienteering and walking. YC and Paul completed the A course (a mere 54 km and 3,800 metres of climbing) in 13.5 hours to finish 19th out of 35 teams. All of which justified a beer and pub meal in Glasgow with Paul's son on the way home - a grand way to round off a great weekend.

on the summit of Beinn Fhada - our Munro for the weekend

descending to the Beinn Fhada ridge

the wake up call at the midrace camp - Mairi's Wedding and Dark Island got us going at 5 am

There are more photos here and a detailed account on the NFR website here.