At
the start of 2018 I had 459 summits
on my combined ticklist of TRAIL 100, Nuttall, WASHIS, Simpson, Dawson, Dewey,
Moss, Wright, Bridge and Buxton & Lewis summits. 2018 was the fifth year of my arbitrary
10-year completion plan and I had aimed to tick 52 summits on my list which
would include 23 Nuttalls and 4 TRAIL 100s.
The
year was one of distraction, with personal and family issues taking precedence
over ticking summits. So, for the fifth
year in a row I didn't reach my targets.
From now on, I won't be setting annual targets and I'll take a more
relaxed approach to reach completion.
Overall I :
went on 11 walks
walked 76.5 miles
ascended 24,390 feet
walked for 55 hrs 6 mins (including rest stops !)
reached 28 individual summits that I hadn’t been to before
reached 4 individual summits that I had been to before
reached 27 summits on my combined ticklist
reached 1 previously unclimbed TRAIL 100 summits
reached 14 previously unclimbed Nuttall summits
drove 2343 miles on trips to and from walks
2018
saw 3 Nuttall reclassifications:
Miller
Moss (Little Lingy Hill) was promoted from ex-Nuttall to Nuttall status;
Foel
Cedig was "discovered" as a new Nuttall;
Cyrniau
Nod was demoted to ex-Nuttall status.
Another
change was that Cefn Gwyntog North Top
was split into 2 summits – North Top
and Far North Top – which increased
my ticklist by 1.
I
also added a couple of more lists to my own ticklist. I added the ex-Nuttalls which increased my
list by 5 and I added the TGO40 list – The Great Outdoors magazine's selection
of the 40 best mountains to celebrate its 40th anniversary – which only
increased my list by 2. The TGO40 is
roughly a subset of the TRAIL 100 list!
The
most significant walks included explorations of the Moelwyns, my first ascent
of Cader Idris and my eighth ascent of Snowdon.
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