There is a kit check at event registration. Without the required kit, you will not be allowed to start. Heading out onto the route whilst knowing that you don’t have the required kit could endanger not only yourself, but those who may have to come and help you in an emergency situation.

We really want you to enjoy your weekend and return to your friends and family safely, so just bring the right kit and carry it on the course. If you try to bend the rules or argue your case, you’ll lose and cause yourself unnecesssary stress on event weekend. Keep it simple, save yourself the hassle and bring the stuff listed below.

The compulsory kit list is as follows:

1. Waterproof trousers and jacket. Must be fully waterproof with taped seams (wind / showerproof not acceptable). The jacket must have a hood. There is a current trend to ‘go lighter’ but we would prefer you to ‘go safer’ and carry items which can withstand the worst conditions.

2. Spare base layers, long sleeve top and bottoms. These should be sealed in a bag and only used in emergency situations. They are additional to any clothing you think you may need on the course and should return to Coniston clean, smelling fresh and not worn.

If you are forced to stop due to an emergency and you are already wearing your ‘spare’ base layers (which are now likely to be soaking wet), then you may quickly find yourself in trouble. You therefore must carry an emergency set, which stay packed away, unless an emergency presents itself.

3. Hat and gloves. Chief / Buff will suffice as a hat.

4. Map and roadbook (both supplied at registration). Ideally know how to use the map and know how to read the road book as that helps significantly.

5. Compass and know how to simply orientate a map and locate your position, should your electronic devices fail.

6. First aid kit to deal with all minor injuries.

7. Emergency food sealed in a bag to be used only in emergencies, 2 chocolate bars or similar. See above post regarding base layers, food taken in your pack to eat on route is not ’emergency food’. Unless you have a serious emergency, your 2 chocolate bars should make it safely back to Coniston.

8. Head torch and spare batteries or spare head torch.

9. Whistle. Should you find yourself lost, 6 blasts on a whistle, followed by a minute pause, then repeat, is the signal for help.

10. A back pack or similar to carry all the above.

11. Quality off road running shoes (not road shoes).

12. Mobile phone fully charged. If you believe that you are lost, switch on your phone. We will be watching your GPS tracker and we will most likely be trying to call you.

13. Survival blanket, survival bag or duvet.

14. Solid plastic cup for hot drinks or soup. If the cup collapses in any way… it’s not solid. Bottle or soft flask for cold drinks, a FOON (or spork if you’re posh) for eating food at checkpoints. There are no plastic cups or cutlery provided to minimise plastic waste.

15. Bring £1 for the toll at checkpoint 14 (Tilberthwaite). The £1 is to be placed in the bucket at the start of Jacob’s ladder, the money collected will be totalled and then doubled by the event team, with the final amount going to children’s cancer research.