Backpacking stats for 2009
Stats table 2009
| Miles | Backpacks | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 412m | 16 | 42 |
| Joint | 198m | 8 | 21 |
| Solo | 214m | 8 | 21 |
First and foremost a Happy New Year and good walking to all readers for 2010. We have really enjoyed all the trip reports of fellow bloggers and others over the year.
Our end-of-year review for 2009 is underway and the figures are shown in the table: this time last year I remember thinking that 2009 couldn’t be any worse than 2008 but it was, mainly due to the onset of plantar fasciitis in my right foot late in the year. There were some superb trips though, the real highlights being the new territory in Scotland.
I had a Cairngorms solo trip in perfect weather in early summer and we followed it up with a joint Cairngorms trip in autumn, both magnificent and highly memorable backpacks. The NE Isle of Arran backpack was an excellent varied backpack, the first to a Scottish island on the ferry, with our most beautiful and isolated tent pitch of the year at Loch Tanna and a glorious ascent of Goatfell.
After a hearty traditional Scottish lunch of haggis and a shot of Talisker today, I’m contemplating what 2010 will bring. Until - and if - this foot clears up, the trips will be short and any thought of long treks will have to be put on a back burner for a while. In the meantime, kudos to those who can get out into this spectacular winter scenery and post pictures and reports.
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Happy New year to you Geoff and I do hope your foot injury clears up in 2010.
Thanks for all the years posts and trip reports, I be watching with interst as always.
Happy new 2010, Geoff, and may you soon be healthy to enjoy some of the snow in Scotland!
You walked and where outside a lot in 2009, a very nice idea this statistic of yours, something like that I could try to keep as well in 2010 =)
I can only dream of doing the number of days you’ve done! Hope your foot gets better. Your trip reports have been inspirational.
I raise a glass to you and wish you all the best for the new year.
Hope you are feeling 100% soon.
Reading your trip reports keeps me going when I cannot get out there myself.
Many thanks.
Marcus, Hendrick, Robin, Jeff
Thank you very much, I’ll be raising a glass (or three) of single malt for in anticipation of 2010.
Yesterday we were toying with the idea of snatching a couple of days somewhere, but today is unbelievable: it’s snowing heavily here on the Cheshire plain and it’s so dark we had to switch on the room lights at midday to eat our lunch!. So much for that.
all the best for 2010 Geoff
I think I have done about a third the days and miles you did last year so good on you. I would like to think I could get closer to that this year but we will see……
Thanks Dave.
I’ve just watched the Country Tracks forecast for this week:- loads more snow, we won’t be on the scoreboard for at least a few days yet!.
Happy New Year Geoff, as always I have enjoyed reading your trip reports this year. It was your site that inspired me to start blogging in the first place. Hope that 2010 is a vintage backpacking year and that your plantar fasciitis clears up.
Happy New Year to you both. Hope your foot improves in 2010. I continue to find your site to be a great resource and enjoy reading your trip reports.
James, Phil,
Thanks very much. For a while at least it’s a case of scanning around with Memory-Map and trying to maintain a modicum of fitness with weight training, until the weather improves.
Hi Geoff
Get that foot mended, Sir. I always look forward to your trip reports.
This post got me thinking how lucky we are to be able to get out - so I counted back the days spent backpacking last year - just 28 days for me - but they are days when your mind gets lungfulls of refreshment.
All the best - and thank you for the years and years of entertainment!
Alan,
Thans a lot, we’ll be out in the wilds before long.