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Outdoor Industry Champs | University Champs
Map of Competition Area and Courses
Photo Galleries | Prize Giving Photos | Photo Competition | Photos for Sale
Photo Competition Winners
This year, we felt that although there were a number of worthy scenic pictures, there wasn't a prize winning picture of a LAMMer in action. So we decided to award both prizes for scenic phots that include a LAMMer. Paul and Simon will each receive a Lowe Alpine Goretex Mountain Cap.
Big Hill, Big Sky - Contouring round Beinn an Dothaidh just after control 1 on the Day 1 C course
by Paul Armstrong
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Beinn a' Chaisteil, B course 2nd leg on day 1
by Simon Caldwell
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Latest News (24 July)
Entries for the photo competition have now closed, results soon... planner's report and controller's report now added along with a reports by the course winners and a report on the Ladonia Mounain Trophy
Monday Morning Round Up
Congratulations to Jonathan Aylward and Stephen Bottomley on winning the Elite Competitiion this year. Jonathan and Stephen win £500 and free entry (plus flights and accommodation) for the Ladonia Mountain Trophy in Sweden.
In total 405 teams (out of 502 starters) completed the 2007 LAMM at Glen Lochay. The high success rate was partly a reflection of the benign weather – very fine on Saturday and overcast but warm (with some late showers) on Sunday. Read More >>>
Prize giving photos and day 2 photos added
Outdoor Industry Champs and University Champs results added.
During the weekend Jon Brooke photographed many teams. His photos are for sale via the Sleepmonsters website .
Sunday Evening
The winning places were hotly contested on Day 2, with radical changes in position of the leading teams on several courses. The chasing starts made for exciting racing and, under the pressure, a few top teams made serious mistakes.
Last year’s Elite winners, Kenny Riddle and Alec Keith, were a minute and a half behind the leaders and pursued them uphill from the start. However, thinking the leaders were taking the wrong line, they went their own way to the first control – only to spend 40 minutes looking for it in the wrong place. They had got the wrong grid line when fixing its position and were 1km out! The mistake meant they dropped to 6th place.
That left Jonathan Aylward and Stephen Bottomley a clear run to maintain their lead and take the LAMM trophy as Elite winners. Second and third teams had both made up places. They were Tim Laney and Stephen Pyke, followed by the brothers Kevin and Quentin Harding. Read More >>>
Overall Results
Sunday Morning
Day 2 courses now online
Photos added for Saturday
Photos added for Sunday morning
Saturday Evening
Here in the download tent the feedback from finishing teams is that they’ve had a great Day 1 and enjoyed super views. The weather forecast proved accurate and teams were sweltering on the hill. Sunburn and blisters were the main problems – along with a seemingly never-ending succession of big hills. Read More >>>
Day 1 Results
Day 1 Checkpoint Point Times
Overnight leaders' Reports
Saturday Morning
HOT! Hardly a cloud in the sky. The Elite, A and B course competitors have a 20ish minute walk to the start from the event centre whilst the C, D and Novices catch coaches up to Bridge of Orchy. Day 1 routes are now on this website and a few pictures from this morning have been added to the photo galleries.
Friday Night
The forecast for the weekend is warm and sticky, so runners are likely to be wearing shorts and T-shirts rather than the waterproofs they needed last year. At 8pm in the evening most people at the event centre are dripping with sweat, so you can imagine what they’ll be like when they start climbing the hills. Read More >>>
The
LAMM 2007 venue is the Scottish Agricultural College, Auchtertyre.
ARRIVING
BY ROAD
From Crianlarich, travel
NW on the A82 for 4 miles. You pass a sign on the right to Kirkton
Farm and will soon see a yellow LAMM sign. Slow down and give
plenty of warning to following traffic that you will be turning
right as this is a fast road. A yellow LAMM sign will indicate
where you turn right. Follow the signs and you will be directed
to one of a number of parking areas. Those who arrive first
will walk furthest to the Event
Centre but this should not exceed 400M. If you are only
stopping temporarily to register, please tell the marshal and
you will park closer to the marquee and registration. Please
only park as directed.
If you are leaving
Auchtertyre after registering, please follow the one way system
on the track that passes Kirkton
Farm and then rejoin the main road.
ARRIVING
BY TRAIN
Travel
from Glasgow Queen Street -> Upper Tyndrum. Trains leave
Glasgow at 12:38 and 18:21, arriving Upper Tyndrum at 14:51
and 20:29 respectively. Telephone
07836 384853 to request a lift to the Event Centre.
ACCOMMODATION
ON FRIDAY
The best place to stay at a LAMM is on the LAMM campsite but
if you feel you can't cope with two nights in a tent, accommodation
can be found in Tyndrum, Crianlarich and Killin.
STRATHFILLAN
WIGWAMS
Auchtertyre is also home to Strathfillan Wigwams. These are
all booked for Friday night so please don't pester Rena with
requests for accommodation. On any other weekend, consider staying
here in one of the sturdy insulated wooden camping cabins. Strathfillan
is an ideal base for a Munro bagging trip or family holiday.
The farm shop has all the necessities plus local food and supplies
- milk and dairy products, tea/coffee, tinned food, biscuits,
fruit and sweets.
A
NOTE FROM OUR CONTROLLER ANDY SPENCELEY TO WHET YOUR APPETITE
After
the remote far north in 2006, this year will be quite different
and not only in that it's much easier to get to. There is quite
a change in the terrain from last year's area, where only deer
and geologists roamed, to this year which is rather special,
being a hill walker and Munro bagger's paradise (not to mention
the scattering of Corbetts on the map for the real aficionados).
The hills might be more accessible than last year but they are
bigger and just as distinctive and big mountains mean some serious
route choice. The planner, Angela Mudge, has planned courses
that will require plenty of thinking and decision making, so
don't always jump to the seemingly obvious route. It can be
a considerable climb over mountains, but also a long way round.
Make careful choices!
The
terrain is typical of the high mountain areas away from the
north-west Highlands, generally not as rocky, but with big grassy
slopes, scattered crags, superb long ridges, big glens (and
some landrover tracks) and big climbs. It's not all fast running
since, like any hill areas in Scotland, there are plenty of
areas of bog, tussocks, heather and bracken to slow you down,
though overall you will be able to travel faster than last year.
Hopefully
this year the weather will be good enough to appreciate the
excellent views from the high tops and ridges, but, anyway,
look out for the golden eagles in the northern and western parts
and deer everywhere. To sum up, it's a great area that will
easily live up to the standards set in previous years for the
connoisseurs' Mountain Marathon !
A
word of warning, with the map based on the OS 1:50,000, not
all crags are marked accurately and many small streams are not
marked, so be wary of using
these features for fine navigation. Just remember it is not
a purpose made orienteering map, but a map for travelling through
mountains and gives you exactly the information you need for
the LAMM.
LAMM 2007 Climate Saving Contribution
- More than £1100 So Far
So far,
we're delighted that 480 teams and the LAMM have so far contributed
£1100 to our Climate Saving Contribution Fund.
When your travel arrangements are finalised there is still the
opportunity to update your team details on the Team Changes
page at www.lamm.co.uk and to make a Climate Saving Contribution.
An even better way to help is wherever possible to share transport
to events such as the LAMM. Please try to make better use of
the Share Car Hire and Lifts to the Event webpages.
Outdoor
Industry Mountain Marathon Championships
Seventeen teams took part in Lowe Alpine's first Outdoor Industry
Mountain Marathon Championships. If both team members work in
the Outdoor Industry, you should enter this special competition.
To see more details of the 2007 championships and to register,
visit the 2007 Outdoor MM Champs web page.
University
Mountain Marathon Championships
This competition is now in its thirds year. If both team members
study at the same University, you should enter this special
competition. To see more details of the 2007 championships and
to enter, visit the 2007 University MM Champs web page.
planetFear
Mountain Marathon Championships
This is a new national championship comprising the leading Mountain
Marathon events in the UK. If you are
serious about the sport you will want to be part of the series.
Each of the events in the series is slightly different so by
taking part you can see how you compare over the 5 events of
the series. You'll need to be able to cope with the rough terrain
and bigger hills of the connoisseurs marathon – the LAMM,
the Lowe Alpine Mourne Mountain Marathon, the rain and gales
of the OMM, the solo navigational challenge of the Saunders
Klets and the GL3D. For more details and to register for the
series visit www.runfurther.com.
