Finlay Wild breaks 3 hour barrier for Cuillin Ridge traverse

Lochaber Athletic Club member Finlay Wild has broken his own record for the fastest traverse of the Cuillin Ridge – breaking the sub 3 hour barrier for the first time.

The Cuillin Ridge is regarded as Britain’s biggest mountain challenge; the previous record set by Finlay in June this year was 3 hours 14 mins and 58 seconds. The route – which involves rock-climbing sections up to Very Difficult standard and hard scrambling for much of the way – includes 11 Munros. Finlay left the summit of Gars-bheinn at the southern end of the ridge at 12 noon on Saturday 12th October and reached the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean at 2.59.22.

A video of Finlay setting off and after completing the challenge has been submitted as a walk report on Walkhighlands – you can watch it below (and comment via the report link). Finlay has also won the last four Ben Nevis races.