Wasdale fell race 2024 - English championship - highlights and the first ascent - Part 1

Wasdale fell race 2024, AL category - English championship, 21 miles long with 9000ft

Part 1 video - extended highlights of the race and the first ascent

Held on Saturday 13 July 2024

Starts at Wasdale from near Burnthwaite car park. Circular loop in clockwise direction.
CP1 - Whinn Rigg (535 m)
CP2 - Seatallan (695 m)
CP3 - Pillar (892 m)
CP4 - Great Gable (899 m)
CP5 - Esk hause shelter
CP6 - Scafell (978 m) - the highest mountain in England
CP7 - Stile over the wall on Lingmell Path

Results: https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/...

Time Chapters:
0:00 - "What do we need to do to be the You Tube thumbnail?"
0:33 - Introducing the race
1:07 - beautiful Wasdale
1:28 - more information about the race
1:43 - Tony Bolton and Donnie Clarke and the intriguing bread tags
2:22 - a few words about the English Championship 2024
2:55 - race registration and some words about the race organiser by the Cheshire Hill Billy
4:23 - the information about the route of the race and a bit of the visual
5:50 - the extended highlights of the race (bits of everything what I filmed)
11:51 - announcement that women, men over 60 and the rest of the men start in two separate starts
12:04 - ladies first ascent
15:33 - I keep walking up along the first ascent waiting for the men to catch me up while talking about the race, clag and what I am doing after I filmed the first ascent
16:29 - men's first ascent with Rob Salter from Northumberland spectating - first 11-12 runners
18:17 - men's first ascent - from James Harris (Ambleside)
19:10 - from around Oliver Heaton (Eden Runners)
21:50 - from around Nic Barber (Helm Hill)
23:21 - from around Julian (Horwich)
24:16 - from around Jamie with a beard from Eden Runners
24:38 - from around the Todmorden fell runner saying hello to his mum
24:53 - from the young lad wanting to be on the thumbnail
25:49 - from the stripping Helm Hiller
26:17 - from the group ascending with the beautiful background
27:04 - from around John Miller (Ambleside) and Rowan Wood (Longsdale)
27:44 - from around Johnny from Pudsey
28:57 - from around Climb South West - the runner from the South
30:06 - from around another Southern runner, Nottingham runner and Darwen Dashers
31:48 - from around Jon Green (Preston Harriers)
33:47 - from the birthday boy Bill Beckett
35:34 - my further plans and the three runners that I met who were supporting the race and were running back to Esk Fest - a music festival
36:43 - to be continued in my next Part 2 video Nichola Jackson's descent