After weeks of trying very hard to get a team, climber, QSL manager and dates organised for Rockall 2008, it became so evident that sea travel to Rockall was the main stumbling block. And the WX.
I’d, latterly, lost count of the number of replies from skippers/boat owners who were unable to take us or justt would not simply go there. And, when we did find someone willing to take us (in a 72ft ocean going yacht - the type you see in Global Challenge), we, as a team, could not afford the costs, which would probably reach in excess of £20,000. As team member Christian, EC3ADC mentioned, Rockall isn’t a rare DXCC entity - whereby £20,000 would cover many rare places.

The past few days replies from people who have been before or have passed by Rockall on a navy ship all said the same: there is a chance of dying attempting Rockall. Either from the sea or even the precariousness of the isle - the dangers are too self evident from the image above.