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Top UK hill runner Finlay Wild is competing in the World Skyrunning Classic Series, from where he'll be sending us a series of reports. So how did he find racing at nearly 5000m in the mountains of China..?

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In reply to UKC/UKH Articles:

A superbly written article! Thanks and good luck with the rest of the series!

In reply to UKC/UKH Articles:

I wonder where in The European Alps he's been up to 4810m.

In reply to simes303: > I wonder where in The European Alps he's been up to 4810m.

Not so much where as when. In 2013 Mont Blanc was measured to be 4810.02 metres. It was measured again in 2015 and found to be 4808.73 metres.

 

In reply to mountaineer:

Really? It was given as 4807 when I climbed it in about 1993 and 1995. Is it really going up and down like that or is it down to sloppy measurements?

In reply to simes303:

Bearing in mind it’s a snow summit, it’s likely to fluctuate. 

In reply to mrphilipoldham:

Ah yes, I should have thought of that.

Si.