Beach to Bluff 2007

We started from Cape Riche at 5am yesterday after 3 hours sleep in a tent that collapsed about 2.30am (so felt more like a body bag).Went to the beach to pick up a small rock for the summit cairn on Bluff Knoll (we now know there isn't one) and then started the climb. Running with Nathan's cheap Dick Smith GPS it wasn't long, ~10K, until we were reading 115 m altitude. (This was probably fairly accurate considering we read 1085 @ the summit which is 1096m)We ran for 3 hours before Kate and Denise met us 6K north of the South Coast Hwy. We could know well and truly see the mountains we were running to ~30K away.After heading back to the metropolis of Wellstead (it was just marked as a servo on my 2007 map back there actually is a few houses there) for breaky Kate and Denise met us every 5K and we had a break from our hydration packs.At 52K we had some food before heading down the Stirling Range National Park boundary fence and were out of contact for 19K. After battling the constant headwinds for another 2.5 hours we came out at Bluff Knoll road.8K of hot hilly bitumen awaited for the trip to the carpark and lookout. Nathan took off in front while I tried to catch up after doing some serious eating. Eventually I caught him as he walked the steep hill at the end of the road.Now just to climb the biggest hill in south west WA. Already well behind schedule I wanted to power this section but Nathan was struggling. After some signs of heatstroke I decided to stay with him. Eventually we crested the summit and took some photos. We had run from sea level to 1096m, a sit and enjoy was warranted but already we were looking at getting home well after bedtime. Kate caught us at this point having made a late decision to try and catch us. Nathan started his descent while Kate and I tried to find the Ridgetop walk. Giving up after 15 minutes we made our way down only to find Nathan had already been there 30 minutes.I love the concept of these Sea to Summit runs and I think it's something worthy of a regular spot on the ultra calendar.Other more exteme versions could include:There and Back!Same run but turn left at the Ellen Track finishing with Ridge-top Walk!!!