Sunday 20 October 2013
Four Peaks overnight hike in August
Over the August holidays, Fraser, Helen and Nick Moore did the Four Peaks hike with Jimmy Whatmore. As a twist on an old favourite walk, we slept out in the mountains mid way on the hike. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time this has been done at Finsbury.
Carrying overnight gear - tent, sleeping bag, clothes for mid-winter, food, etc - is a different proposition than a day hike and we all had heavy packs. While Nick's pack was filled with tent, warm clothes and spare water, Jimmy's was largely made up of lots of delicacies to eat. At the last minute, Jimmy decided actually to bring a sleeping bag which was a blessing since even with the bag, Jimmy froze solid overnight.
Still, great fun was had by all and our intention is to do a repeat performance at some point over the Christmas holidays (weather dependent of course).
A gallery of images can be seen here.
Nick
Carrying overnight gear - tent, sleeping bag, clothes for mid-winter, food, etc - is a different proposition than a day hike and we all had heavy packs. While Nick's pack was filled with tent, warm clothes and spare water, Jimmy's was largely made up of lots of delicacies to eat. At the last minute, Jimmy decided actually to bring a sleeping bag which was a blessing since even with the bag, Jimmy froze solid overnight.
Still, great fun was had by all and our intention is to do a repeat performance at some point over the Christmas holidays (weather dependent of course).
A gallery of images can be seen here.
Nick
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