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Had I ever needed a wake-up call, this was it. Just a week later, I learned the tragic news that my friend and teammate Chris Smith, had passed away in the Scottish mountains, after suffering from extreme exposure and hyperthermia, whilst alone on a 2-3 hour fell run. When I finally returned to my car, I swore that I would never put myself in a similar position ever again. I felt completely helpless and as someone who would usually class themselves as an experienced fell runner, I felt somewhat ashamed. During this time, I really began to feel cold but I had no extra clothes with me to wear, or any emergency equipment. Thankfully, a nearby walker did have a phone (and signal!) and was able to do this, so we spent the next two hours with the casualty whilst mountain rescue arrived. Needless to say, the man in question was in a terrible life-threatening state, but we had no way of contacting mountain rescue to call for help. His son, in shock, had managed to carefully climb down to where he had landed and shout for help. As we followed the noise and drew nearer to the side of the ridge, suddenly we appeared at the scene of a major incident, where a man had fallen 100ft face-first from the top of Sharp Edge and onto the rocks below. To cut a long story short, as we ran underneath Sharp Edge on Blencathra, we heard a loud voice in distress.
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I’ve done this many times and always without any problems or incident. I had no phone, no bumbag or race pack, no extra clothing and no emergency kit. We’d only planned on running for around 60-90 minutes and the weather was good, so I’d decided to just run in a long sleeved top and shorts. The first incident happened whilst I was training in the Lake District with a friend, starting at Threlkeld and heading to the summit of Blencathra. Towards the end of last year there were two major incidents that completely changed my approach to training outdoors, especially in more extreme and potentially dangerous environments. Trail running safety has very much been at the forefront of my mind for the last few months. Thanks to Garmin, I have now been given an opportunity to test such a product. This is purely a research project, as I’ve been interested in purchasing a personal safety device for trail running and other outdoor adventures for a long time.
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Before I begin, I would like to state that I am not sponsored by Garmin and I have not been paid to write this review.