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The Winter Paddy Buckley is a 100km mountain running round, climbing over 47 of Snowdonia's highest summits. Mountain runner Russell Bentley is going to try and break the overall record, solo and unsupported, which means running for over 20 hours on his own with no support from anyone. We follow Russell’s adventure as he runs over his local mountains of Eryri alone in the middle of winter. He will have to cover some of the most remote and dangerous terrain in the UK. But things don’t always go to plan, especially as he's afraid of the dark!
Transcript
00:08PADIBUCKLEY
00:09The wind to Paddy Buckley is a 100km mountain running round,
00:14climbing over 47 of Snowdonia's highest summits.
00:21The record is 21 hours 30.
00:24Last year I tried to get it and I missed it.
00:31Coming up, summit number one, 47.
00:39If it stays like this today, we're in for a good day.
00:46I want to break the winter record solo and unsupported.
00:52I'm coming for you.
01:09My thighs are cramping.
01:13I thought I was going to have to quit the race.
01:19I'm starting to realise I'm making mistakes now.
01:26That wasn't mole level.
01:28This is mole level.
01:29I always get the wrong one.
01:32It's a big waste of time.
01:34My mind is starting to shudder.
01:38Goddammit.
01:40Getting lost in my own back garden.
01:44My head's getting foggy.
01:46Which way is it?
01:49Everything starts to get a bit shaky.
01:52It was a sign of things to come, really.
02:08Oh man, it was terrible up there.
02:10It's just going to be dangerous.
02:12I was getting out hypothermic.
02:14I was slipping ice all over the rocks.
02:17Oh man, it was bad.
02:18But it's too hot and bad.
02:18Yeah bad.
02:23You can get more moves in the in the next row,
02:24Oh man!

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