Guidebook to fastpacking - multi-day running trips carrying the bare essentials - in the UK, Europe and beyond. Includes 12 route ideas (all tried and tested), fastpacking stories from around the world (featuring Jez Bragg, Anna Frost and Jasmin Paris), and invaluable tips and tricks to help you prepare for your own running adventure.

A summary of each route idea is provided, together with mapping and a gradient profile, as well as highlights, tips and 'tales from the trail'. Invaluable practical information is also included, covering everything you need to know to prepare and plan for a trip: training, accommodation options, safety, equipment, apparel, nutrition, hydration and more.

The route ideas and stories featured showcase an impressive range of fastpacking opportunities, both in the UK and abroad. From mountain hut hopping trips, bothy discovery tours and wild camping expeditions, the inspirational tales and selected trails are guaranteed to entice 'everyday' runners to try their hand at a multi-day journey, be it in the Brecon Beacons, Bhutan or beyond.

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Introduction

Welcome to the world of fastpacking

How fit do I need to be?

How do I train for fastpacking?

The different styles of fastpacking

Where to stay

Where should I go fastpacking?

Key considerations when choosing a route

Safety

How to get started

What to take

Clothing

Footwear

Food

Tips for staying happy and healthy

Inspiration: Stories from the world of multi-day running

A Pennine passage

Solo in the Sierras

Fishermen’s friends

To the lighthouse

Hut-to-hut on high, wild trails

Roman run

The fastpack journals

A great British adventure

In the land of the thunder dragon

Following in the footsteps of spring

On the way

Seven go running

Route ideas: Twelve tried-and-tested fastpacking routes

United Kingdom

Route 1 Brecon Beacons

Route 2 Snowdonia

Route 3 South Downs Way

Route 4 Dartmoor

Route 5 Cumbria Way

Route 6 Coast to Coast

Route 7 West Highland Way

Route 8 Knoydart

Europe

Route 9 Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc

Route 10 Dolomites Alta Via 1

Route 11 Alpine Pass Route

Asia

Route 12 Manaslu Mountain Trail Race

Appendix A Further information and reading

Appendix B Gear list

Centres

Fastpacking route ideas in England, Scotland, Wales, Europe and Nepal. Inspiring stories of multi-day running adventures in the UK, Europe, USA and Asia.

Difficulty

Fastpacking is for all trail runners. Suggested routes range from easy to challenging, with distances and locations varying widely - from two day trips to two week trips, following routes such as the South Downs Way (high point: 270m) to Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (high point: 2525m)

December 2018

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