OWPG AWARD WINNERS 2017
GUIDE BOOK
Winner Kingsley Jones for Trail Running - Chamonix and the Mont Blanc Region
Judges Mark Whitely of Dalesman Publications and former OWPG member Chris Bagshaw
Kingsley Jones receiving his award from OWPG chairman, Peter Gillman
About Kingsley...
Kingsley is qualified as a UIMLA International Mountain Leader and Dip.P.T.
Personal Trainer, who splits his time between the Lake District and Chamonix
each year, to guide groups trail running in the mountains. For details on guided
trail running visit www.icicle.co.uk or for information about the author visit his
website: www.kingsleyjones.com.
What the judges said...
Genuinely innovative in its choice of
subject, and well written, passionate and
authoritative.
Kingsley Jones
On trail running and the OWPG award
I
n the recent OWPG Awards for
Excellence, I was delighted that my
book on trail running in Chamonix,
won the guidebook category. More
pleasing was that the judges noted
“Genuinely innovative in its choice of
subject, and well written, passionate
and authoritative”. I’m hoping this
guidebook really opens up the
possibilities for runners visiting the
Mont Blanc massif.
It’s especially important and
current, when we see the effects of
modern living and diet, damaging so
many peoples health. As humans we
are all born runners, with our Neolithic
forefathers being persistence hunters
who chased prey slowly and steadily
until the animal was exhausted and
could be killed. Trail running is quite
literally in our genes, in a current
era where many waistlines are
challenging our jeans.
Gone are the preconceptions of
mountain runners as wild mountain
men with overly short shorts and
wild beards. You are as likely to be
overtaken by a woman in the latest
technical compression fabrics with
lightweight poles and a minimalist
running backpack. Trail running as
a sport has come a long way in the
Running to Le Brévent
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