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 petegunn 21 Mar 2018

Wow! A super effort and a great achievement.

8a Boulder

8a Sport

E8

VIII

8 Munro's

All in 24hrs!

Well done that man

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 aln 21 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Who did what? 

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 TobyA 21 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

You beat me to posting this!

Dave, if not actually a god, is surely a minor deity of some type because this is otherworldly. Congratulations sir! The Lord of Lochaber indeed!

 lithos 21 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

chapeau 

 

In reply to TobyA:

Amazing, and may be Dave *is* some kind of Scottish deity.  But perhaps it's best just to leave it at that  - because there is some fairly spooky Scottish mythology! 

 Andy Hardy 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Sophie G.:

Wow! That is a helluva day out - the man's a machine.

 Pkrynicki1984 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Hope he did 8 pints afterwards ... or 8 whiskies!

OP petegunn 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Pkrynicki1984:

Haha yeah, great minds think alike

Post edited at 09:44
In reply to Pkrynicki1984:

...whilst doing an eightsome reel.

 Bulls Crack 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Well done indeed

 

But there is a distinct lack of 8 things done on grit.......

 Dave Todd 22 Mar 2018
In reply to John Stainforth:

...then a full box of After Eights.

Removed User 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Sad to see he didn't attempt the obvious finish of 8 pubs in Fort William. A proper challenge, especially on a weekend.

 Robert Durran 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Removed User:

> Sad to see he didn't attempt the obvious finish of 8 pubs in Fort William. A proper challenge, especially on a weekend.

A proper finish would have been 8 Corbetts!

 Kemics 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

I wonder if there even is anyone else capable of doing this?

 Luke90 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Kemics:

There can't be more than a tiny handful of people that achieve that in a lifetime, never mind 24 hours!

 Xavierpercy 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Luke90:

Amazing all round challenge by Dave. I think very few could do this.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2017/09/the_triple_14_challenge_with_carlo_...

A similar type of adventure but without the winter route or the E8

 

 

 Lord_ash2000 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Luke90:

Yeah, it's damn impressive. The three 8's (8a 8A and E8) have been done in a day in Cumbria before but chucking winter into the mix massively reduces the pool of people capable of doing this. 

 

Personally, I'll be happy with three 8's in a lifetime, currently on 8a, 8A and E7 although I've no short-term ambitions to climb hard trad again for now. 

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 planetmarshall 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Kemics:

> I wonder if there even is anyone else capable of doing this?

Given that Pete Whittaker was leading VIII within about a week of learning to climb Scottish Winter, I dare say there are quite a few who would be up to the challenge if they put their mind to it.

 Ben_Climber 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Ueli certainly had the ability to give it a go.

Currently though, not many.

Incredible stuff Dave!

 GrahamD 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Wot no 8000m ? surely a glaring omission ? 

 Toerag 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Pkrynicki1984:

> Hope he did 8 pints afterwards ... or 8 whiskies!


Surely 8 of each would be better? Then 8 kebabs on the way home.....

 john arran 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Toerag:

Just noticed he did only 6 8s. What happened to the other two? Slacker!

Joking aside, this is one of the best as well as hardest climbing multi-challenges I've ever heard of, and to get both himself and the conditions right enough for it to work sounds incredible.

pasbury 22 Mar 2018
In reply to Toerag:

... and 8 visits to the bog overnight.

 Carless 22 Mar 2018
In reply to petegunn:

Amazing - I think Dave has just redefined a grand day out

 alx 22 Mar 2018
In reply to pasbury:

Rumour has it Dave turned eight cups of water into 8 cans or Irn Bru.


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