We did the 3-Peaks Challenge within 24 hours!
July 22nd, 2009 by Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh
Snowdon – Wales: On Saturday 27th July, around 5:30pm 12 extatic and tired walkers, together with their drivers, celebrated the completion of their challenge.
Both the London and the Midlands team managed to complete the 3 Peaks Challenge within the 24 hours’ target they had set themselves.
Jane and her brother were acting as the welcoming committee at Penn-y-Pass complete with a lovely cake, adorned with 3 upside down icecones, symbolising the 3 Peaks.
There were some bad blisters, leg and muscle injuries; but all 12 went up, and all 12 came down!
Sofar for this challenge, over £5,000 has been raised by the team members for the trust, which is a fantastic achievement in its own right.
A special thanks to the drivers, who did an incredible amount of miles (the Midlands team drove 1200miles), making lots of cups of tea, and had the dinner ready for the hungry walkers at Ben Nevis.
Twitter was updated on an hourly basis (signal permitting) to keep all the mums, dads, friends and family updated on the progress.
Plenty of photos were taken which tell their own story of the event.
For a personal account from each team, watch this space!
