This page provides some further information to reference the information presented in an article published in the Autumn 2020 edition of The Fellrunner. The article is the second in a series on the history of the Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record. A soft copy of the article (without images or typesetting) is available here. The first instalment is available here​.

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These notes are set out in the order in which the relevant item appears in the article.

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Notes: [endx] notation refers to the "endeavour code", essentially a unique identifier for each record attempt or walk. A full reference table is available here. [idnx] refers to newspaper references; [idx] refers to all other sources. Full references are available here

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FROM HELVELLYN TO THE HIMALAYAS

 

• Wakefield’s quotation is from his 1906 article in the Climbers' Club Journal [id031].​ This source is also the best account of his 1905 record, including the full list of calamities

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• An excellent summary of Wakefield's life may be found in his 'in memoriam' from the Climbers' Club Journal of 1949 [id004]

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• Fuller descriptions of Wakefield's experience on the Everest Expedition can be found in W. Davies's Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest [id109] and R. Bayne's 2003 article in the Journal of Medical Biography [id099]

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• "Voice was shaken by sobs of grief" from [id099]

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• Extract from Wakefield's war-time letter home from the Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal of 1915 [id105]

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RACING OVER THE FELLS​

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• Quotation as recounted by Wakefield in the Climbers' Club Journal of 1906 [id031]

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• The best material on Dawson and his bog-trotting 'crowd' is available in E. Byne's and G. Sutton's High Peak: The Story of Walking and Climbing in the Peak District [id024]. This is also the source for the "pathological grievance" quotation

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• Fell and Rock Climbing Club quotation from J. Westaway's article in Sport in History [id020]

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A SYSTEM OF MOUNTAIN ENDURANCE​

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• Biographical detail on Eustace Thomas from S. Dean's article in the Climbers' Club Journal of 2002-03 [id079]

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• A fascinating and much fuller description of Thomas's system of training can be found in his article for the Rucksack Club Journal of 1921 [id028]. This is also the source for the various quotations used

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• Quotation from Thomas's timetable from A. Abraham's account of Thomas's 1920 record from the Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal of the same year [id001]

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CHAPMAN'S 42 FELLS​

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• I have searched high and low for a primary (i.e. contemporaneous) source for Bob Graham's failed 1931 round, but I am so far unsuccessful. However, it is noted in a large number of secondary sources

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• Quotation on Chapman's future (but ultimately unfulfilled) intentions from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 May 1932 [idn122]

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BOB GRAHAM AND THE FELL RECORD​

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• Description of Bob Graham's two failed improvements on his record from Lancashire Evening Post (24 June 1933) [idn093], Dundee Evening Telegraph (26 June 1933) [idn091], Daily Herald (26 June 1933) [idn092] and Penrith Observer (27 June 1933) [idn090]​. The quotation is from the Daily Herald article

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• F. Rogerson quotation from his article in the Alpine Journal of 1976 [id032]