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Bob Graham Round

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Derby Tup Aug 2020 11:10pm, 11 Aug 2020 45,010 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Great insight ff. The lad’s obviously barking mind
flyingfinn Aug 2020 11:14pm, 11 Aug 2020 2,098 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn Absolutely DT but when compared to the norms of society that goes for most folk who read this thread too
Derby Tup Aug 2020 11:25pm, 11 Aug 2020 45,012 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup A good friend of mine went into a well known pub not a million miles from where you live ff and asked ‘have you got anything about 3.8% please?’. The woman serving simply said, ‘no’, then served someone else. The norm is fine (for normal folk)
Derby Tup Aug 2020 9:10am, 12 Aug 2020 45,019 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup ukclimbing.com I hate the use of FKT in relation to the BG. It’s the record
Derby Tup Aug 2020 9:16am, 12 Aug 2020 45,020 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup ‘If these people hadn't already set the standard so high the Bob Graham wouldn't be what it is today‘ Bob Graham set the standard - 42 peaks, 24 hours
Badger Aug 2020 1:03pm, 12 Aug 2020 12,625 posts	Quote Pin Badger FKT is ridiculous for this. No way has anybody done a BG faster that nobody happens to know about.
Derby Tup Aug 2020 1:09pm, 12 Aug 2020 45,040 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup I’m not so sure. Probably not in terms of the actual records but not everyone is interested in ‘the club’. It’s possible there have been some fast solo or very low key runs (Colin Donnelly has done amazing things off the radar) that would be top ten on the list
rhb Aug 2020 1:32pm, 12 Aug 2020 1,465 posts	Quote Pin rhb A list of fastest unknown times would be a useful reference point for those not interested in going for the fastest known time.
flanker Aug 2020 3:19pm, 12 Aug 2020 19,348 posts	Quote Pin flanker Isn't that an oxymoron?
Derby Tup Aug 2020 3:24pm, 12 Aug 2020 45,054 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of fellrunning, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones