Comments for Aidan Harding

Comment on Highland Trail Race – Kit by Chew

Chew — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:10:59 +0000

Amazing ride Aidan, it was a lot of fun watching everyones progress when they had there SPOT on Looked like Mark Goldie was making it a real race in the early stages
Looking forward to catching up with Ian next time I see him as well

Comment on Highland Trail Race – Kit by Aidan

Aidan — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:16:15 +0000

I just deleted about 100 spam-bot comments just like that one

But, as it’s you… approved!

Comment on Highland Trail Race – Kit by Biff

Biff — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:57:32 +0000

Thanks. Straight-forward. No nonsense. Useful.
Now I sound like one of those auto-bot form fillers :OP

Comment on Highland Trail Race – Kit by Aidan

Aidan — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:49:13 +0000

Thanks – You’re really blessed with great trails up there!

Comment on Highland Trail Race – Kit by Colin Cadden

Colin Cadden — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:10:05 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up. I was wondering about lighting as (even with the short stints of darkness) you seemed to be cracking on at all hours.

Fabulous effort BTW. Truly inspirational

Comment on How to pack a sleeping bag 10ms faster by Aidan

Aidan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:10:38 +0000

Exactly… I did think of Fiennes when I was writing that. There are always some things you need full dexterity for, but reducing them means happier hands, less risk, and less time spent waiting for the feeling to come back.

Comment on How to pack a sleeping bag 10ms faster by Jessica Weston

Jessica Weston — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:46:36 +0000

Ranulph Fiennes was on the telly the other day, he’d gotten frost bite from taking his gloves off for two minutes to fiddle with his ski bindings. He had an undiagnosed circulatory problem in one hand, so two minutes was all it took even though he felt warm. Anything to keeps your mits on has to be good!

Comment on Rules by Aidan

Aidan — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:56:28 +0000

Hi Jamie,

Sorry for the massive delay in replying. No-one finished EWE in 2012! We all made it about 1/2 way.

My intention is to make it a bit easier (realistically, better – less bogs and pushing) for 2013.

Comment on Questions and Answers by Aidan

Aidan — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:53:39 +0000

Hi Ashley,

Before I rode the Divide, doing 100+ miles a day seemed absolutely crazy, but the dirt roads out there are much easier going than normal UK riding so you might do more than you expect.

I certainly wouldn’t think of doing both the Divide and EWE in the same year. In my experience of last year, EWE was much harder than the Divide.

Short-travel full suspension would probably be “ideal” but I rode fully rigid, so whatever bike you fancy will do the job.

Comment on Questions and Answers by Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:10:52 +0000

I’ll be doing the GDT this year, but I’m only marginally a racer, hoping to crack 120 miles per day average: would that qulitify to bike the EWE with you. Do you recommend full susupension for your route?

Hope to catch up with you all this summer: great site,

Ashley