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Date: 6th August 2005
Start and Finish: Scafell Hotel, Rosthwaite
Start Time: 11.00 am
Route: 17 miles including 6500 feet of ascent and visiting the following
checkpoints:-
1 Bessy Boot summit 258125
2 Esk Hause shelter 235083
3 Scafell Pike summit 215072
4 Great Gable summit 211104
5 Honister Hause 225135
6 Dalehead summit 223154
The route to Bessy Boot will be through Chapel Farm and up Rottenstone Gill.
Please note that navigational skills are essential. Competitors must find their own way around the course.
Entries: £4 on the day only. Teams are free. All competitors must be aged 18 years or over.
Registration: From 9.00 am in the marquee opposite the Scafell Hotel.
Equipment: All competitors must carry windproof whole body cover, a map of the course, a compass, a whistle and emergency food.
Refreshments: Tea and sandwiches will be served to all competitors after the race in Rosthwaite Institute.
The Honister Hause Checkpoint will close at 3.30 pm.
Competitors who arrive at Honister Hause after 3.30 pm will be required to retire from the Race.
Competitors, who continue around the Race Route after having been required to retire from the Race, will no longer be regarded as competing in the Race and will be reported to the Fellrunners' Association.
Those competitors, who retire from the Race at Honister, must return to
the start/finish at Rosthwaite by road. That is, down the Honister Pass, through
Seatoller to Rosthwaite.