The Ozone Magnum chasing Es Tresidder and Sam Smith

His name is Es, and he’s a Mountain Equipment athlete with a taste for climbing ice in winter, and mountain running in summer.
He has the Cuillen ridge record already in the bag, and this year it’s the welsh 3000 summits run that he has in his sights.

15 mountains…
40 km…
3000m of ascent… 
      
and a record time of 4hrs 19 min that has stood since 1988 when Colin Donnelly took it from Josh Nailer with a massive margin.

When I was asked to come and work as an aerial camera platform I was more than interested because I too had studied the route with a view to attempting it, using a paraglider to reduce the punishing distance, but still landing at each summit to visit the top as the runners must do.
But even with a wing it didn’t look easy…and dangerous!

And it wasn’t to be easy for Es Tresidder either,finishing  an hour behind time…strengthening Colin’s massive reputation which must be an increasing phyche-out.

Lynwen Brown’s day was also not easy, the strong stable thermals inducing a debilitating sickness as  she looked into the veiw finder…and terminating our cross country following the runners.
We made a landing near a mountain stream for a welcome early bath…and I am sure for Lynwen another reputation was enhanced, that of Alun Hughes.

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