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High Peak Marathon is a 42 mile night time navigation endurance
challenge for teams of four. The route traverses the Derwent
Watershed, starting and finishing at Edale Village Hall, Derbyshire.
The event is independently organised and run by Members of the
University of Sheffield High Peak Club, past and present, and is fully
insured and affiliated through the Fell Runners Association.
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High Peak Marathon is an over-night mountain marathon for teams of
four, following a route based on the Derwent Watershed, the classic 40
mile bog-trot around the wildest part of the Peak District, first
completed in 1918 by Eustace Thomas of Manchesters Rucksack Club.
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basis of the annual event as it exists today was conceived in 1972 by
members of Sheffield University's Youth Hostel Society whose definition
of a good night out was sometimes quite different from most of their
fellow students. The High Peak Marathon is their idea of a challenge.
Take the Peaks longest, toughest route and see who can complete it at
night in winter. It is still organised by past and present members of
what is now called The High Peak Club. A unique feature of the event is
being greeted by a couple of cheerful students at every checkpoint.
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