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England's Everest: The 200-Year Story of the Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record
The Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record is a test of peak bagging in the space of a day. The record-holder is the man or woman who can scale more peaks than any other.
This book charts the development of the record over the past 200 years. It began when intrepid walkers first sought to link Cumbrian fells over the course of one long outing. It is now one of the highest pinnacles in Lake District endurance fell running – involving 78 summits and over 30,000 feet of ascent in under 24 hours.
The Fell Record has a distinct and deep history, involving Victorian controversies, the Great War, the quest for Everest, and the emergence of fell running as a sport. Along the way, it has drawn in Victorian Alpinists, war heroes, Bob Graham himself, and some of the finest Cumbrian fell runners.
For the first time, England’s Everest tells its fascinating story – a definitive tribute to one of Lakeland’s greatest but least told endurance stories. The book is fully illustrated with over 50 rare and full-colour images, and draws on newspapers, archives, journals, club records and oral history. It is both a tribute and a reference.
This book charts the development of the record over the past 200 years. It began when intrepid walkers first sought to link Cumbrian fells over the course of one long outing. It is now one of the highest pinnacles in Lake District endurance fell running – involving 78 summits and over 30,000 feet of ascent in under 24 hours.
The Fell Record has a distinct and deep history, involving Victorian controversies, the Great War, the quest for Everest, and the emergence of fell running as a sport. Along the way, it has drawn in Victorian Alpinists, war heroes, Bob Graham himself, and some of the finest Cumbrian fell runners.
For the first time, England’s Everest tells its fascinating story – a definitive tribute to one of Lakeland’s greatest but least told endurance stories. The book is fully illustrated with over 50 rare and full-colour images, and draws on newspapers, archives, journals, club records and oral history. It is both a tribute and a reference.
204 pages, Hardcover
Published June 1, 2025
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