Edale Skyline

How's this for a MINIMUM kit required for Sunday!!

Full waterproof body cover; jacket/smock with hood and over trousers – this means kit sold as waterproofs with taped seams


• Long sleeved base layer (eg helly/smartwool type)

• Full length tights

• Spare warm layer (eg thin long sleeve fleece, synthetic vest or similar)

• Hat (thicker than a buff), warm gloves/mitts (eg fleece/windproof or thin ones with waterproof mitts)

• Around 300kcals of emergency food – eg Mars bar, 2 x cereal bar, approx 80g sweets, remember this is for emergencies – if you want to eat in the race you’ll need extra food

• Map (of the course!), compass, whistle

• Feel free to carry a GPS and/or mobile phone IN ADDITION to the above if you wish

• Maybe a small rucksack rather than a bum bag to carry the additional kit

Standard stuff for me, will also include my survival bag too. Hoping my recce of the 'down and up' last Saturday not in vain, may yet get called off if the fast 'uns can't make it there.

TF