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Featured video: The Song of the Ungirt Runners

21 June 2018 / 16:40 BST24 February 2023 / 15:19 GMT

This week, our featured video is a short piece by Alastair Humphreys on a fell-running mission up Blencathra, accompanied by a poem about running by Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley

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Alex has been a hillwalker, mountaineer, and backpacker since 2003, cutting his teeth winter climbing while working as a barman in the famous Clachaig Inn in Glen Coe, before backpacking extensively throughout Britain and Europe. He’s the author of several books and an editor, writer, and photographer across outdoor media. He’s been part of the review team for The Great Outdoors since 2016, and is based in Scotland.