The 3 Peaks 24 Hour Challenge involves climbing all three of the UK's highest mountains - Ben Nevis in Scotland (1344m), Scafell Pike in England (977m) and Snowdon in Wales (1085m) within 24hours.
Our adventure will start on Friday 12th September, in Fort Willam, where we'll be briefed on the challenge ahead. 8am the next morning we'll be heading off to climb Ben Nevis, before driving down to the Lake District to start our ascent of Scafell Pike about 6.30pm. Then with two peaks under our hats we'll head to the Llanberis Pass to attempt the third and final peak - Snowdon, about 4am. The aim being to make it down in time for breakfast at 8am, thus having conquered all 3 peaks within the 24hrs.
We've been warned that this challenge will be very arduous and that's we'll not only need to be physically and mentally fit but also be able to cope with minimal sleep over the weekend.
The Meningitis Trust are providing a driver and minibus, which will become our home for the weekend, and a qualified and experienced safety team to ensure we get both up, and back down all three peaks safely.
All in all, we will be walking a total distance of 41.3km (25.7 miles) and climbing a total of height of 2932m (9619 feet), which should amount to approximately 14.5hrs walking.
So the real challenge actually starts now, on two fronts - get ourselves fit enough to complete the challenge, and convince you all to sponsor us to do this challenge as we all have to raise a minimum of £400 each.
Bookmark this blog and follow our journey - we'll even be posting details of training walks we'll doing if anyone fancys joining us.
We've been warned that this challenge will be very arduous and that's we'll not only need to be physically and mentally fit but also be able to cope with minimal sleep over the weekend.
The Meningitis Trust are providing a driver and minibus, which will become our home for the weekend, and a qualified and experienced safety team to ensure we get both up, and back down all three peaks safely.
All in all, we will be walking a total distance of 41.3km (25.7 miles) and climbing a total of height of 2932m (9619 feet), which should amount to approximately 14.5hrs walking.
So the real challenge actually starts now, on two fronts - get ourselves fit enough to complete the challenge, and convince you all to sponsor us to do this challenge as we all have to raise a minimum of £400 each.
Bookmark this blog and follow our journey - we'll even be posting details of training walks we'll doing if anyone fancys joining us.
