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Welcome home! The colour of the landscape here in the North West Highlands has completely changed in the four weeks I have been away. How different to a week ago when ‘The Team’ had just topped out on Tangerine Trip.
We did it. But was it fun? The extreme heat wasn’t much […]
go further’s Paul Tattersall and the rest of the El Cap team on Tangerine Trip completed the route on October 4th. Thirteen-year-old Ella announced the news on her blog and her Dad – Andy Kirkpatrick – said they topped out at 5pm Californian time. ‘I can’t believe it,’ he said on Twitter (@psychovertical).
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Paul and the rest of the team on El Capitan have nearly finished their route. Thirteen-year-old Ella has coped superbly with the multi-day and multi-pitch experience. In her latest post on her blog she said:
“Third day on the wall and today may have been the hardest day of my life!!! […]
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Paul is on an extended trip to Yosemite climbing on El Cap with his pal Andy Kirkpatrick. They are being filmed by the BBC taking Andy’s thirteen-year-old daughter Ella up ‘Tangerine Trip’. Conditions are very hot and the team are looking forward to getting started on the full climb in the next couple of days. […]
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go further’s Colin finished the ultra race season on Saturday running the full 41 miles of the magnificent River Ayr Way (RAW 12) trail completing his fourth ultramarathon of the year. He finished in 11th place overall with a time of 6 hours 36 minutes.
Colin’s season qualified him for the 2012 Scottish Ultramarathon Series and […]
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Paul is heading for Yosemite this week. Part of the plan is to climb a route on El Capitan with his old pal Andy Kirkpatrick and Andy’s thirteen year old daughter Ella, probably Tangerine Trip. Paul has been dusting off his sky hooks, bat hooks, cam hooks, coat hooks and all the other hooks you […]
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Wednesday was the best day of weather this week in Wester Ross and Paul was hill walking in the Torridons with George and Jenny. It was their first ever day in the hills outside of the Lakes and to their surprise and pleasure there wasn’t a soul to be seen all day. With the cloud […]
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This year’s GWC returned to Poolewe and the normal 25 mile route started from Dundonnell. Conditions were mixed but there was a strong headwind on the highest sections. Overall, the weather was fairly good and, as usual, the field was full for both the 25 mile route and the 13 mile option. go further’s Colin […]
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UKHillwalking.com has published a feature on Colin’s Watershed Run based on an interview with him in July.
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Given how busy gofurther has been this year it is little wonder Paul entered and won this year’s Gairloch hill race at the end of June. He adds this trophy to his victory at the Tollaidh Triathlon in April! Other dedicated hill-runners and triathletes have been wondering what he’s been having for breakfast.
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