The Kendal Mountain Festival runs 14-17 November. Kendal is home to WMT so if you’re coming up to gorge on adventure films, check out the book festival or catch a guest lecture, let us know!
Amongst the many activities are opportunities to test the new FUTURELIGHT technology from The North Face with Lake District guided walks with Glenmore Lodge instructors (great for a ML log book entry) and 10km runs led by pro-athletes.
Brazilian ultra-running athlete Fernanda Maciel with be leading a run at 2pm Friday 15 November. WMT Medical Director Harvey Pynn ran with Fernanda some years ago in Morocco (and is quite possibly still recovering!). This formidable woman recently set the speed ascent/descent record of Kilimanjaro of 10 hours 6 minutes starting from 1524m, running to the top 5895m and back down. Watch the video! The runs cost £5, includes a test jacket to borrow and you get a generous goody bag from The North Face. Details and sign up for Fernanda’s run. All funds raised go to local mountain rescue.
For all The North Face jacket test hike and run options at the festival see here. Pre-registration is necessary and places (and jackets) are limited.
