James Forrest (adventurer)

James Forrest is an English adventurer, hiker and author from Birmingham, England. In 2017 Forrest broke the record for the fastest known completion of all 446 mountains in England and Wales.[1][2] He climbed every 2,000 ft mountain in England and Wales, peaks known as the 'Nuttalls', in six months,[3] walking over 1,000 miles in the process.[4] In 2018 Forrest climbed all 273 mountains in Ireland and Northern Ireland in eight weeks, the fastest known time.[5][6][7][8] He walked over 1,000 km and climbed the height of Everest every week for eight weeks in a row in his mission to climb the so-called Vandeleur-Lynams, every mountain in Ireland and Northern Ireland over 600m.[9][10]

Bibliography
  • Mountain Man: 446 Mountains. Six Months. One record-breaking adventure. Bloomsbury: London (2019). ISBN 9781844865642

References
  1. Malvern, Jack (29 September 2017). "Climber James Forrest is on a high after scaling 446 peaks" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. "Epic mountain walk breaks record". Countryfile.com.
  3. Ough, Tom (8 October 2017). "Meet the part-time mountaineer who conquered 446 peaks in six months" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "How I climbed all 446 mountains in England and Wales in six months". inews.co.uk.
  5. "'I was wiped out by the fits' - Man (35) survives storm and climbs 273 Irish mountains". Independent.ie.
  6. "Adventurer climbs all 273 mountains in Ireland in 8 weeks". IrishCentral.com. 8 October 2018.
  7. "Interview: James Forrest on climbing all of Ireland's mountains". 17 October 2018.
  8. "James Forrest: Two Months, 273 Irish Mountains". Explorersweb.
  9. "INTERVIEW: James Forrest on Climbing all 273 Irish Mountains". www.ukhillwalking.com.
  10. "Cockermouth adventurer climbs every mountain in Ireland". Times and Star.
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