Leader: David W(07791954203)
Difficulty: Hard
Start/End Point: Edale Nags Head
Start time: 21:00
Distance (in miles): 24km/15 miles
Description:
A night walk onto the Kinder Plateau at the height of the perseids meteor shower. Circular walk from Edale heading up on to kinder and taking a route around the edges. This will take in the night views over the lights of Manchester with hopefully seeing the sun rise from the north edge of kinder early on Saturday morning. We will descend back to the start point early on Saturday morning.
In the event of poor weather an alternative low-level route will be used or the walk will be postponed.
A few important notes:
This is a really exciting adventure though because of this there are a few important things to consider.
To attend you MUST
Only sign up if you are happy and confident to walk through the night 6-9 hours through the dark over rough, potentially rocky and boggy terrain. Due to the location of the walk once started there is no easy escape routes. This needs to be completed as a group and no one can leave half way through therefore it's important that you assess whether you are up for this before committing.
Have a head torch along with spare battery's (a mobile phone torch is not suitable as a phone maybe needed for use as a phone)
Sturdy preferably waterproof footwear. (Will be walking over rough rocky, boggy and uneven terrain in the dark)
Suitable layers, wind and waterproof plus thermal as required (it maybe summer but on a 600m hill at night conditions could vary considerably)
A phone (signal is patchy on kinder but in the event, you are split from the group you can make contact with the walk leader)
Have suitable food and drinks to keep you going through the night
For those wanting food meet at 7:00 at nag's head in Edale. They do not take table bookings but they are confident we can all fit in
Public transport or car sharing options:
Train 18:14 from Sheffield getting into Edale at 18:46 (check for updates closer to travel)
Car drivers can use the pay and display in Edale this is open 24hr and are responsible for pay and display appropriately