Originally Posted by
den77
The endurance / difficulty of the challenge of the Fan Dance is the speed & load the military have to carry and maintain on the various training and selection courses. I'm guessing you aren't on any of those. If I can pull up a sandbag, I do remember being on a junior NCO course when I and the rest of my course section took part in a stretcher race over a large part of the Fan Dance route. Carrying a stretcher made of tank tracks between us, and all carrying a wooden SLR (self loading rifle), & 50lb of sand on our backs (to simulate ammunition weight) not forgetting the good old steel infantry helmet bouncing on our heads, and the marvellously unsuitable issued boots on our trotters, whilst trying to get to the peak before the other sections in the race. It was pretty difficult but character building... apparently.
These days I walk / run up there with a lightweight daysack, have breakfast & a brew on Gwaun Taf before getting back down to the car park before all the tourists appear, far more enjoyable, but my character is far weaker as a consequence.
Enjoy the event hope it goes well for you, & you should of course wear a TF Everest on your wrist.