The 62nd Fellsman

Some notes on the 62nd running of the Fellsman in 2026. I’m not going to be quite as extensive as I was last time.Arrival is, I think, better this time around: the various checks and check-ins are spread out over a couple of different stations, so while the total queueing time is about the same, the time in each individual queue is a bit shorter. Some queuing indoors: I kick my bag for life and my duffel down the hallway under the students’ presentations on the history of exploration and the scientific method.Over supper, I chat with a lady running the Dart, and then hang around sipping a hot drink while a guy who’d run Western States back in the day regales us with tales of Fellsmans gone by. Then I go back to the hall and blow up my mattress and pack my bag and brush my teeth and go straight to sleep. Two years ago, I'd really struggled to get much sleep at all. This time round, I bring the Good Pillow from home and sleep like a baby through the snoring and the shuffling on crinkly…