75 miles, 29,000 feet
This is a challenge conceived and completed by Chris
Upson, an inveterate Marilyn bagger. Marilyns are hills of any height
save that they must require 150m ascent all round. There are over 1500
of them in the England, Scotland and Wales, but this challenge is
limited to 24 of them linked together in 24 hours. You can choose any
route you like and it doesn't have to start and finish at the same
point. I chose a slightly different route to Chris, partly in an
endeavour to see if I could extend it by a peak. Despite some of the
hills being relatively small, its a pretty tough challenge of 75 miles
and 29000 feet of ascent, and I failed on my only attempt, although I
did get very close.
May 2009 Attempt - account, schedule
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| Chris Upson's Route |
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