- Originator
- Andy Harmer
- Time limit
- 15 hours
- Open record: Tom Saville, 8:52:25, 13 Apr 2019
A classic old route visiting the 15 trig points originally included on the Harvey Mountain Map – Peak District – Northern half, as used in the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon 1984. To be completed in 15 hours, starting at the Sportsman, but has also been started ‘on the other side of the Pennines’. The trigs are Rod Moor, Emlin, Back Tor, Margery Hill, Outer Edge, Alport, Shelf Moor, Cock Hill, Harry Hut, Sandy Heys, Kinder Low, Brown Knoll, Blackden, Win Hill, High Neb. Was a very competitive event at one time and certificates given for early completions.
Andy Harmer (DPFR) held the record from 1987 to 2009 with a time of 10:04. This was lowered by Simon Bourne (CVFR) to 9:58 in 2009. before Stuart Walker reclaimed the record for DPFR with 9:57 in November 2013. In April 2019 the record was dramatically reduced to 8:52 by Tom Saville.
Run Reports:
Peter Jones, Bob Segrove, Alan Yates, 1986
Simon Bourne, 2009
Stuart Walker, 2013
Tom Saville 2019
Completions
| Date ▲ | Runners | Time | Start time | Start place | Direction | Link | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 1986 | Peter Jones M Bob Segrove M Alan Yates M40 | Report | |||||
| 1 Jan 1987 | Andy Harmer MSEN | 10:04:00 | Held the record for the fastest Dark Peak completion from 1987 to 2009. | ||||
| 1 Jan 2009 | Simon Bourne (CVFR) M | 9:58:00 | Of CVFR. Lowered the record to 9:58 in 2009 (the BG - Other Challenges page says just under 10 hours, in 2011). Report | ||||
| 1 Nov 2013 | Stuart Walker MSEN | 9:57:00 | Reclaimed the record for Dark Peak. | ||||
| 15 May 2014 | George Yates | 14:40:00 | Anti clockwise | Also completed in a similar time in about 2005 with Winterburn Beresford and Matthews but don’t know date. Perhaps one of the aforementioned can confirm…. | |||
| 30 Mar 2019 | Tom Pape M40 | 12:43:00 | |||||
| 13 Apr 2019 | Tom Saville MSEN | 8:52:25 | Dramatically reduced the record. Report | ||||
| 17 May 2019 | George Yates M | 14:40:00 | 05:00 | Sportsman | Anti clockwise | I mistakenly put my last submission as 2014 but it was 2019. This corrects my last submission | |
| 15 May 2020 | Oli Johnson M40 | 8:59:16 | Activity | Report | |||
| 9 Dec 2020 | Tim Rutter M40 Richard Bradbury M45 Mark Whitworth M40 | 14:06:49 | 06:04 | Sportsman | Activity | ||
| 28 Sep 2024 | Felix Watts MSEN Tom Moss MSEN | 13:04:00 | Activity |