Alpinum wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:23 pm I wasn't sure about other reports of folks having ridden it in winter but if Alan says (on IG) so. I can't imagine someone riding it in winter and not letting him know

I guess it's possible that other folk have ridden it but outwith the self-supported/ITT guidelines and so haven't recorded it. Or, they're simply flying under the social media radar. I believe someone else is currently on the route but I don't know if we'll ever hear about it through the usual channels.

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:32 am

Alpinum wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:23 pm I wasn't sure about other reports of folks having ridden it in winter but if Alan says (on IG) so. I can't imagine someone riding it in winter and not letting him know

I guess it's possible that other folk have ridden it but outwith the self-supported/ITT guidelines and so haven't recorded it. Or, they're simply flying under the social media radar. I believe someone else is currently on the route but I don't know if we'll ever hear about it through the usual channels.

Yeah, completely agree. Some just do things (under any radar). I usually think this way because I experienced it often enough myself, but logic and experience must have failed me for a brief moment, so thanks for correcting it.

That's what I like most about FKT - the part 'known'.

'First known winter ride of HT' would be more apt.

I've tried to be careful when posting on the Cairngorms Loop Facebook page to refer to completions we've been told about and not assume anything about those that go unreported.

An amazing completion of the HT550 last month

https://instagram.com/nima_khorshid_?ut ... =copy_link

Wow. He'll have had some weather.......
Chapeau.

Wow. Well done, looks like some tough conditions. Is that the first self supported winter completion?

Karl wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:39 pm Wow. Well done, looks like some tough conditions. Is that the first self supported winter completion?

Annie Le did one in December.
Chapeau to this guy in those conditions though

Oh okay. Didn't realise she was self-supported. 2 completions in one season after none. Some tough cookies out there. Chapeau.