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If you could ride around Gisburn without pushing due to lack of gears, or crying due to lack of bounce, and honestly say that you wouldn't have preferred forks and gears, I would doff my cap to you and your proper play thing.
As for some of the riding in the Dales, I genuinely don't think it would be possible on a singlespeed, even if you were exceptionally fit (which I'm sure you are, much more fitter than me) but it's just too steep/too long/too bumpy...
All this started with me saying "I reckon" so, proper mtb to me, may be different than it is to you.
Proper mtb to me is being able to handle as well as possible, without too much compromise on anything, whilst being as much fun as possible.