Overview
- Police recovered his body in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday, April 11, around 10:25 p.m., after his GPS tracker stopped moving during the attempt.
- He was chasing a fastest time on the 376 km Cape Wrath Trail from Fort William to Cape Wrath, a path of steep ground and bogs that the current record-holder says is especially risky when done alone and without support.
- Officers said there were no suspicious circumstances, and the mountain rescue team paid tribute to an experienced runner who died doing what he loved.
- Parrish, a former Royal Marine, had won the Cape Wrath Ultra in 2023 and the Dragon’s Back Race in 2025, and placed third at the Northern Traverse in 2024.
- He set out solo with his spaniel, Munro, to raise money for Scottish mountain rescue and to honor his friend Luke Ireland, who died of hypothermia in 2014.