Walking and Climbing

For O-shoes for traction on ice, I'd guess something like the Inov-8 'O' Mudclaws with the steel studs (this link for details).

Various others available, examples here.

Aside from that, sounds like he didn't have that much!

Respect to the man, awesome like you say.

Pete. 

Very impressive achievement. Nuts. But impressive.

I shall await the indignant outcry from risk-averse couch-potatoes concerned about his endeavour 'endangering himself and others'...

GT caught some controversy when he did his 33hr round, there were those who said it wasn't "wintery" enough. Shane is getting the same as it was even less wintery for him.

Such things are a mere bagatelle in the face of such a feat, the naysayers will always fold their arms and raise an eyebrow.

Good lad I say.

ptc* wrote (see)

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Such things are a mere bagatelle in the face of such a feat, the naysayers will always fold their arms and raise an eyebrow.

John Burley wrote (see)

I shall await the indignant outcry from risk-averse couch-potatoes concerned about his endeavour 'endangering himself and others'...

I wouldn't be surprised...  I also wouldn't be surprised if driving up the A9 is actually rather more dangerous.

Pete. 

I think he's mad and I love it! What an achievement! I reckon he'll be able to crack the sub 24 if he's as determined the next time and now he's got the experience behind him and can evaluate it (like why he stopped eating). Brilliant story, made my day.

A goal, planning and determination and you can achieve anything right

*edit to correct spelling D'oh*

ptc* wrote (see)

GT caught some controversy when he did his 33hr round, there were those who said it wasn't "wintery" enough. Shane is getting the same as it was even less wintery for him.

ptc*

surely 'winter' is a season. If you do it in winter, whether it happens to be a globally warmed sunfest or a failed-gulf-stream iceage, it's still winter surely. For a start, the duration of daylight is a key factor... and that is the same for equivalent day of the calendar.

Mind you no two attempts are going to be the same, particularly in winter. Still, chapeau!

What a fine effort; I have thought about it too...

as a backpack over several days

"Then my body died. I've analysed my food wrappings and calculated I ate less than 5,000 calories the entire time I was out!" from his account on Ukclimbing.com

Isn't analysing calorific requirement something he should have been doing before setting off??? 

Assuming he's working at around 700 calories per hour, total requirement x 24 hrs = 17,000 calories, which would be 59 Mars bars (284cals for 65g bar) or 3.8 kilos weight! 

Clearly he wouldn't carry that weight, but higher calorie, lower weight food to a lower calorific total of, say around 10,000-12,000 calories should go a long way to preventing him feeling "'bonked' for the last 2/3 of the round."

NB: the 700 calories per hour is just phyical exhertion of climbing hills quickly on rough terrain and takes no account of body keeping itself warm in sub zero termperatures - add another 100-200 cals per hour for this.

Carrying around 2-2.5kg of high-energy foods is a necessary evil, although admitedly not as quote-worthy as hallucinations and the like. 

Anyway, little wonder he's so confident of doing it again in under 24 hrs - probably as much credit to my pocket calulator as to his legs when he finally does.