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Dan Duxbury on course to complete 44 day Munro round

Dan Duxbury is currently on track to complete a continuous self-propelled round of the Munros in 44 days and is due to finish next Tuesday. If successful, this will be the 2nd fastest round of Munros after Stephen Pyke’s 40-day round in 2010. He is tracking his progress on Walkhighlands where you can watch the remaining red balloons on his Munro map quickly turning to blue as he summits each one. Dan is also fund-raising for John Muir Trust and Cumbrian Wildlife Trust via his challenge.

Dan on Carn Gobhar on day 37 (20 May)

Dan on Carn Gobhar on day 37 (20 May)


Today (Friday 23 May) Dan is tackling Slioch and then heading 7 miles further north into the wilds to visit the Fisherfield five. Way beyond them sit the two Munros of An Teallach, and hopefully, before dark, the team will drop down to Dundonnell.

Before he set off on 14 April Dan said of his 282 mountain challenge, “It has been a dream of mine for twenty years, since first reading the book ‘Running High’ by Hugh Symonds about his continuous round in 1986. I will be covering the distance on foot, by bike and kayak and will be supported by an assortment of friends and family in a campervan.” Since then he’s encountered every type of weather including storms and sorching sunshine, snow and icy conditions underfoot, suffered an ankle injury, bumped into Hamish Brown (who did the first continuous Munro round) in the Cluanie Inn and carefully evaluated the quality of the grub dished up by his army of supporters. News of Dan’s progress as well as details about how to donate to his charity fundraising can be found at his website.

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