There Is No Map In Hell: The Record-Breaking Run Across The Lake
District Fells

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In 1986 the legendary fell runner Joss Naylor completed a continuous circuit of all 214 Wainwright fells in the Lake District covering a staggering distance of over 300 miles
- plus many thousands of metres of ascent
- in only seven days & one hour Those in the know thought that this record would never be beaten It is the ultimate British ultramarathon The person taking on this superhuman challenge would have to be willing to push harder & suffer more than ever before There is no Map in Hell tells the story of a man willing to do just that In 2014 Steve Birkinshaw made an attempt at setting a new record With a background of nearly forty years of running elite orienteering races & extreme-distance fell running over the toughest terrain if he couldn't do it surely no one could But the Wainwrights challenge is in a different league aspirants need to complete two marathons & over 5000 metres of ascent every day for a week With a foreword by Joss Naylor There is no Map in Hell recounts Birkinshaw's preparation training & mile-by-mile experience of the extraordinary & sometimes hellish demands he made from his mind & body & the physiological aftermath of such a feat His deep love of the fells phenomenal strength & tenacity are awe inspiring & testimony to athletes & onlookers alike that 'in order to attain the impossible one must attempt the absurd'