Es Tresidder on Skye's Cuillin Ridge

© Ben Wear
As reported here at UKClimbing.com on Saturday, Es Tresidder just broke the record for the traverse of Skye's Cuillin Ridge in a time of 3 hrs 17 min 28 sec, taking a full 15 minutes off the previous record.

The boys at Hot Aches have got a treat for us all:

"Well known to many British mountaineers, the Cuillin Ridge is the most perhaps the greatest mountain range in the country and has a distinctly alpine feel to it. The knife edge ridge takes in a total of 3,000 metres of ascent along it's 10 km length. The terrain is tough and exposed and involves a huge amount of scrambling as well as several rock climbing sections.

Hot Aches filmed Es on a previous attempt to break the record back in October 2006. We had planned to film him again this year but unfortunately were committed elsewhere this week."

For your viewing pleasure, click on this: www.hotaches.blogspot.com


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6 May, 2007
congratulations to Es on an amazing achievement. seems unthinkable to me.
6 May, 2007
Would have been great to see Es do the record-breaking traverse (watching from a helicopter?). Amazed he was even thinking of trying it in the October video.
6 May, 2007
Yes, would be great to see some good footage of someone running the ridge - obviously a mammoth/expensive job to do it justice. The Discovery Channel did a brilliant job on the old Eco-Challenge events, with a nice mixture of ground-based filming while following the teams, and amazing aerial shots from helicopters.
6 May, 2007
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