A perilous bid by Welsh adventurer and former Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor lecturer Huw Jack Brassington to conquer one of the world’s toughest mountain challenges while caught in the eye of a ferocious storm has been filmed for a new TV series.

Camera crews followed the former GB triathlete in treacherous conditions as he took on the gruelling Paddy Buckley Round, otherwise known as the Welsh Classical Round.

The endurance challenge sees runners covering a distance of some 100km and climbing 8,000 metres which it the equivalent of scaling Everest, taking in no fewer than 47 summits – all in 24 hours.

It is part of a new five-part documentary, 47 Copa: Her Huw Jack Brassington, made by Cwmni Da to be screened on S4C, with the first programme being shown at 9.30pm on Wednesday, 6 November.

During the most dangerous leg of the challenge, Huw battled 60mph winds and torrential rain as a huge storm hit the Glyderau mountain range in Snowdonia, pushing the boundaries of his strength and endurance further than they have ever been before.

Filming became a dangerous and logistical nightmare for the crew, who described it as the Welsh equivalent to “Armageddon”.

“This challenge was pretty much at the edge of what I can do in good nice weather!” said Huw, 34.

“Then the storm hit and I’ve never been in weather like it in my life. There were 60mph winds. It was the kind of weather that normally I wouldn’t think of stepping outside the door.

“We were literally running diagonally! I was running at a 45 degree angle to stay on my feet. The wind was coming and going in gusts and it was hard to keep going.

“I was running like a crab, my legs were in a half squat! At one stage, I looked down at my walking poles and realised I’d lost half of one as it’d smashed in half – my hands were so numb I just hadn’t realised.

“I fell three times. There was always a camera crew around every time! I was cursing them at the time but it is was all down to the well-timed preparation to get these camera guys in the right place at the right time.”

The route takes in the well-known high mountain ranges of Snowdon, the Glyderau and the Carneddau as well as the less visited ranges of Moel Siabod, the Moelwynion, Moel Hebog and the Nantlle Ridge.

The documentary follows Huw’s preparation for the challenge, including his meetings with famous athletes and sportspeople such as white water kayaker Geraint Rowlands, downhill mountain biker Emyr (Ems) Davies, para kayaker Llinos Owen and UFC fighter Brett Johns.

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