SAS Fan Dance · Loadbearing
3 RACES.
3 YEARS.
3 WINS.
The same legendary Special Forces test. The same mountain. Three consecutive loadbearing victories across 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The three winsThe record
THREE START LINES.
THREE FIRST PLACES.
Winning once proves you can beat the mountain. Returning to the same course and winning three years in succession proves something else: preparation that holds up under pressure.
2024
25LBS LOADBEARING
WINNER.
The first victory. Twenty-five pounds on the back and the full Fan Dance route ahead.
Who Dares Wins.
The route
OUT.
AND BACK.
It begins at Pont ar Daf and goes vertical almost immediately. Select each checkpoint to follow the 24 km test across Pen y Fan and back.
Why it is legendary
THE FIRST
REAL QUESTION.
The Fan Dance—known in Selection as Exercise High Walk—has been used for more than sixty years as an early measure of whether a candidate has the physical and mental capacity to continue.
Its simplicity is the point: carry what you need, move fast across unforgiving ground and make sound decisions while fatigue strips everything else away.
It is a Tactical Advance to Battle, not an obstacle race. Load, distance, terrain, pace and self-sufficiency are the test. Those fundamentals are understood far beyond Britain, which is why the Fan Dance carries such weight throughout the international Special Forces community.
The only way I would do it
THE S.F.
EXPERIENCE.
“For me, there is only one company to do the SAS Fan Dance with: The Special Forces Experience. They are the real deal.”
The organisation is run and staffed by former 22 SAS and other UK Special Forces personnel. That lived experience is what gives the day its standards, atmosphere and authenticity.
Visit The S.F. Experience ↗
Run byEX-22 SAS& UKSFAuthentic standards.
Directing staff who have lived it.
Founder · Athlete · GrandadThe person behind the wins
I AM
FFFHEALTH.
FFFHealth is personal. Felix built the brand around a simple idea: the plan has to be lived, tested and evolved in the real world. Three Fan Dance victories are that philosophy repeated under load—prepare with purpose, perform under pressure, return better.
The three-year record
ONE MOUNTAIN.
THREE VICTORIES.
Different weather. Different field. The same mountain, the same loadbearing discipline and the same result.