The Spine 2019

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Gromit Jan 2019 8:17am, 17 Jan 2019 1,200 posts	0 Gromit I'm now reading hypothermia having not taken care of himself I guess in the pursuit of Jasmin so the more charitable side of me says .......... bad luck rather than pride forced him off the fells
K9 Jan 2019 8:19am, 17 Jan 2019 1,320 posts	0 K9 It must have been something major to stop him so close to the finish. He seemed to have stopped moving for a while before hut 2 last night. Anyway - hope he's OK. Eoin is on that last stretch now. I really should be doing some work and not watching this tracker :-D
Derby Tup Jan 2019 9:32am, 17 Jan 2019 28,573 posts	0 Derby Tup Maybe he preferred ‘DNF’ to ‘chicked’
Derby Tup Jan 2019 9:41am, 17 Jan 2019 28,574 posts	0 Derby Tup I got ‘wifed’ at a local event recently
Northern Exile Jan 2019 9:52am, 17 Jan 2019 4,877 posts	0 Northern Exile A little bit of charity goes a long way, I find.
Gromit Jan 2019 11:29am, 17 Jan 2019 1,201 posts	0 Gromit No shame in that DT
flanker Jan 2019 12:13pm, 17 Jan 2019 18,079 posts	0 flanker I guess it's the risk of being at the pointy end and being totally focussed on the win. Not a problem I've ever had (or will ever have!). Poor bloke.
flyingfinn Jan 2019 4:49pm, 17 Jan 2019 1,177 posts	0 flyingfinn It appears Eugeni spent several hours in Hut 2 trying to sort himself out before attempting to finish. He got as far as the Schill and was forced to hit the emergency button on his tracker. MRT were already primed to go and with the guys at hut 2 got him sorted and walked off (It's only about 4k to the road head). Over the last few days my personal observation was that several important items of his kit may have met the regulations but they were considerably more 'lightweight' than those being used by Jasmin and others (notably his waterproof which was of the type I'd use in a summer race albeit that it undoubly had taped seams, correct level of waterproofing etc) and he has a tendency to be less well wrapped up for the prevailing conditions. Now the second element is very much personal preference but after 80 odd hours on the Cheviot ridge in freezing conditions I suspect it left him vulnerable to getting too cold.
Derby Tup Jan 2019 6:29pm, 17 Jan 2019 28,575 posts	0 Derby Tup One isn’t going to be moving as quickly at the Spine as say at Wasdale. ‘Racing kit’ has its place
GordonG Jan 2019 6:38pm, 17 Jan 2019 7,667 posts	0 GordonG Article on BBC about this... (Sorry can't do link at mo)