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Chris (2nd right) and
his party on Ben Nevis |
For those of you who don't know, the Challenge involves getting
up and down the three highest peaks in Scotland (Ben Nevis),
England (Scafel Pike), and Wales (Snowdon), with an aim to do
all of this within a 24 hour period. They started at 6pm on
Friday night at the foot of Ben Nevis. At 6:35 on Saturday they
arrived back down at the bottom of Snowdon, quite exhausted,
having not slept for 37 hours and having walked 25 miles, of
which half was a steep incline.
Unfortunately the total time was a little over the 24 hours
planned, due to the trip from Scafel to Snowdon taking 2 hours
longer than expected, leaving only 2 hours 45 minutes to get up
and down Snowdon in high winds and dense fog! That said, a lot
of people class the Three Peaks as finishing at the top of
Snowdon, which they did in 22 Hours and 50 minutes! The total
walking time for the Three Peaks was a little over 10 hours.
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