DYK

Runners who sought shelter

Apparently 100's are still missing.

NotoriousREV

44 still unaccounted for, according to the BBC

SwissTony

iTrader: (19)

I wouldn't worry, they are all holed up somewhere eating kendal mint cake

NotoriousREV

So there'll be a few dead from sudden, fatal diabetes, then?

ScoobyDoo555

In all seriousness, hope they're all found (safe and sound) - it's such an "out of the blue" event......

shame it wasn't mentioned at all on the news or weather beforehand.......

coolangatta

'Runner Lewis Peattie describes atrocious conditions which led him to drop out'

BBC NEWS | England | Cumbria | Aerial search for missing runners

Lewis Peattie Someone we all know

j4ckos mate

surpised it went ahead in such bad conditions

DYK

lol swiss,they have now all been found.Many only survived because they had Kendal Cake as Emergency rations...

Lake District Runners All Found - Yahoo! News UK

Well that was a waste of a thread,i thought it was something big.Trust the media to hype it all up more than what it was..

Snazy

Kendal mint cake, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Simon C

In the same catagory as Marmite, bloody horrible stuff that mint cake

<pass the bucket>

Lee247

Marmite on toast, mm mm mm

Glad they are all ok

Snazy

lol its very strong, very sweet, but just what you need on a long walk

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Kendal Mint is used to stop people getting lost, as a deterrent as its so nasty, so if its a choice between dying and eating it, eating it only just wins, it is made that way so its always there for emergencies, if it was any good you would troff it anyway.

boomer

The ITV news started to bring things back into proportion tonight.

FFS, these are (or should be) experienced mountaineers, fell-walkers and the like, for whom a bit of rain is nothing!! It is only October FFS, and a bloody mild one at that. If the participants don't have survival bags and emergency rations as a bare minimum, then they shouldn't be allowed in a wet field, never mind a national park. Heck, i have been in the Lakes and the Yorkshire Dales in far worse conditions without the benefit of mobile phones and GPS (and TV coverage plus celebrity status) and survived!

Cheap and easy fodder for the dumbed down BBC "news" seems to be the order of the day

mb

Jamie

All are back safe and well!

unclebuck

I see the Nu Health and Safety PC Leftie Towny types are now foaming at the mouth that the event should be banned...

Predictable response I suppose... Why can't they just mind their own business??

DYK

I know what your saying,it's in the lake district,so at this time of year especially expect some rain..It's already been said that it's the toughest marathon event in the UK,and now this is the first time in it's 41 years that it as been canceled.Leftie having their own way again,ohhh you cant go running up that big hill it's raining..They want us to all to stay in our homes and chain ourselves up to the sofa or something.Won't surprise me now if it don't get banned altogether,or there will be that much health and safety being prepared for the next one.The media don't exactly help matters,making a big deal out of a small thing....

dpb

I spect theres a 10year waiting list for participating now

ChrisB

How many teams actually needed "their asses dragging off the mountain"?

There's a large whiff of media hype and people getting carried away here!

speedking

So what would you do Nat? Ban all hillwalking during 'the winter'

What is the actual number of 999 calls that were made by competitors? How many of those are the 'expected' number of twisted ankles / medical emergencies that would happen anyway when you send thousands out into the hills for a weekend?

And as for the cost, this is training for the RAF search & rescue so they know what to do when they have to rescue a downed airman in time of war. The differential cost between this and a planned exercise is minimal.

DYK

All missing Lake District marathon runners found - Yahoo! News UK


It says it here that the media was just hyping it up as usual..The weather probably was worse than normal,but like the organizers said,the competitors would of been well equipped and are all very experienced..The majority were making their own way back off the mountain,and were just sheltering overnight in,tents,Barnes,etc..I used to do some of this stuff a few years back,i have never done this particular one,but we have spent days out in the hills and are very well equipped,plus there is checkpoints along the way that teams report too.I just got sucked into the media hype when i seen it on sky news (Headlines 100's of runners missing) non of them were really what you would actually call missing...

ChrisB

Did the organisers force people up the hill then?

Don't think so... every competitor made their own choice on starting or not. OMM is not something you enter like a family fun run. It's a Mountain Marathon, it's meant to be a hard, hard challenge.

The fact that so many of the competitors made their own way to the slate mine or farms shows they knew what they were doing IMHO.

boomer

As far as i can tell, the "worst" thing that happened was that the place where many people parked their cars got flooded?

The various footage (cack, mobile phone quality) of the event consisted of surprisingly good visibility, typical rain and quite strong winds (although i went up Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales in 130mph winds in my teens and "survived"!).

Everybody wants to blame everybody else, when the vast majority of the 2,500 entrants probably had a "bloody good time" - 'cos that is what they enjoy!

Sadly more of the "where there is a rain there is a claim" culture

mb