FUGA athlete Rebecca Hormann from Switzerland has become the first woman to successfully link all 95 “Ethels” in the Peak District in one continuous 275-mile run.
Setting off on Thursday 22nd October at 11 am, Hormann tackled stormy weather and treacherous underfoot conditions to make history in a long-fought-for project.
The Ethels comprise 95 hills, tors, edges and trigs located in and around the Peak District National Park. A relatively new list, the CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire countryside charity created the Ethels in May 2021 to honour Ethel Haythornthwaite, a pioneer who campaigned to establish the Peak District as Britain’s first national park in 1951.
The list targets every hill over 400 metres in the Peak District, along with an assortment of lower iconic landmarks chosen for their character, prominence, or cultural value. These include Kinder Scout, Black Hill, Shining Tor, Margery Hill, Black Chew Head and The Roaches.
Taking four and a half days, Hoorman battled through two named storms, Austen and Buelo, grinding out over 40,000m of elevation.
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