Montane Spine Fusion 2018
Montane Spine Fusion 2018 The Montane Spine Fusion is a continuous foot race of 268 miles along the whole length of the Pennine Way, Britain’s first and toughest National Trail. The race has a time limit of 7 days / 168 hours. The race takes place in June and is the summer version of the infamous Spine Race that takes place in January. Prologue 1: Friday 30th June 2017 00.15 I’m sliding down a steep bank through soaking elephant grass somewhere around Stonehaugh. Every rotation of my foot opens up the blisters on my heels, and every tussock of grass tips me forward, lunging and flailing my poles in desperate disarray. I have been circling a cottage for about 45 minutes trying to find where the Pennine Way passes it and I am completely unable to relate the murky features I can just see through the rain in front of me to the map on my GPS. I resort to bushwhacking in a straight line, oblivious to contours, vegetation, walls and common sense. The effects of rain, wind, extre