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Some people get nervous before a big challenge. I spiralled into a retail frenzy involving toe socks, three rain jackets, and an alarming number of knee braces. This isn’t a gear list. It’s a psychological case study dressed as a packing blog. Welcome to the pre-trauma panic vortex that is: Welsh 15 Prep™.

I’ve never walked 50km on flat terrain. So I signed up to do it on 15 Welsh summits, with 4,000m of ascent, in 24 hours, starting at 2:50 AM, with strangers, in a country famous for sideways rain. Also, I paid for it. This post contains overthinking, knee brace diplomacy, and tuna pasta pot logistics.

I’d built Sharp Edge up in my head like a moment that would mean something. But when I crossed it, all I felt was... nothing. No adrenaline. No shift. Just a quiet blankness I couldn’t shake. That’s when I realised: maybe the real challenge wasn’t that ridge — maybe it’s the silence that follows. And strangely enough, that’s the day I decided to try the Welsh 15.

I don’t share my stories to impress anyone. I share them so I don’t forget who I am — especially in a world that keeps trying to shrink me down. This is for the version of me who might need reminding that she once stood on a summit alone, certain and unshaken. And if someone else finds their own fire in my words? Even better.

Route:  Rosthwaite → Rosthwaite Fell (Birkett) → Bessyboot → Eagle Crag → Sergeant’s Crag → Lining Crag → valley walk back to Rosthwaite...

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06 June 2025 There was a time—not so long ago—when I’d take one look at a forecast saying “rain and thunder” and say, “Absolutely not,...