Ochils 500

Updates: Stuart Paterson 9:35:00, 18th July 2020, and Lewis Taylor 8:38:02, 15th October 2020 (pending incorporation into main text below).

This is a 40-mile round of the Ochils taking in the 35 named peaks above 500m put together by Jack Bloodworth and run by him in 11 hrs 47 mins on 11th August 2018 [ref: personal communication].

While Jack's round came about through time lost to injury leading him to downscale from planned attempts on Tranter's Round and more, it has resulted in an attractively accessible 'baby' or 'warm up' round (to quote his own modest adjectives for a hefty excursion!) as well as a clearly worthwhile '12-hour' challenge in its own right. He started and finished at Alva, with his full list of summits and times given in the second of two blog pieces we'd recommend others wishing to try it to read:

Ochils 500 Round Part 1 – The background and lead up
The Ochils 500 Round Part 2 – The attempt

(Jack's articles also cover his rationale for the round, kit list, full report and some suggested criteria for recording completions.)

Page new 18th September 2019