Marhofn 269.15 - May 2013

Hump Hall of Fame

Chris Watson

The Hall has increased slightly from 42 members in the previous year to 49 at the end of 2012. There are still many eligible members of the Marilyn Upper Hall who have not yet committed to Humps, but I look forward to them eventually seeing the error of their ways.

There were no events quite on the scale of 2011's triple entry into the Hump Hall of Fame but a couple were celebrated with a reasonable turnout.

• Peter Collins' 2000th Hump was Skipton Moor in early November. Five of us joined him on the summit (and a couple more in the pub) but we did not have a quorum for a chant - and I had forgotten how it went anyway.
• Later in November, Des Taylor completed his English and Welsh Humps on one of the newest, Cefn yr Ogof on the north Wales coast. Local bagger Alex Cameron had been up the week before and painted the trig pillar in readiness for the event and he also gave us a guided tour of the hill, which sports a tower that is a well-known landmark along the A55. Twelve of us gathered on the summit and not only did we have a chant, it was recorded for posterity by Myrddyn the Video. It has not yet gone viral on YouTube.



Cefn yr Ogof (photo: Des Taylor)

Several others had hoped to organise a gathering on their landmark hills but failed miserably. Rob Woodall's 2800th was too remote for anybody to get there; Douglas Law was too impatient and did his 1200th a few days before the big completions weekend in Glencoe in August; whilst Colin Crawford and his party were defeated by mud and rhododendrons on his planned 2400th.

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