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Race Gibraltar 1999
It is a tradition in the Royal Navy that when ships and
submarines visit Gibraltar, a race is organised starting from Admiralty House
(sea level !) and finishing at the top of the rock at 1,800 ft.
My first run up the rock was in 1987
onboard HMS Charybdis. It was during this race
that Chris Roberson broke the record ( 13 min 50s )
while serving as an Officer of the Watch. The
record still stands today. (History does not show the
time I ran it !)
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1998, we has just completed a very busy deployment
to the Black Sea in HMS London and Gibraltar was our
penultimate port of call before returning to the UK for
X-mas Leave. Normally, the race is on foot, but this time I
decided to cycle it all the way to the top on my trusty
Specialised Stumpy in a very
respectable 18 min 32 s. . . . . . . . . and no, it hadn't been raining !
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