3 Peaks Challenge UK. A personal mountaineering challenge!

[OmegaJJH]

Hello TRF,

At 5pm today I will embark upon a once in a lifetime challenge that I have been training for since Christmas.

It is the 3 peaks challenge.

The aim is to climb:

Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Scotland

Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England

Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.

That's over 11,000ft of climbing & circa 500 miles of driving.

Oh, all within 24 hours!!

It works out at roughly 13 hours of hiking and 11 hours of driving.

Unfortunately Mother Nature has dealt us a cruel blow before we've even started with heavy rain, poor visibility, high winds and -4 temps predicted for this evening. This will no doubt slow us down and make the challenge all the more difficult to complete within the 24 hours.

Luckily, if we're successful we have a rather plush hotel with Jacuzzi and spa waiting for us at the end of the challenge.

Just making last minute preparations now and looking forward to getting going!

All training walks through some of the worst weather imaginable and for the next 24hours I will have my trusty sub strapped to my wrist so for all those 'is it safe threads'... probably YES!!

Also, for a bit of fun my best friend (who knows my utter disdain for 'selfies') has challenged me that if I get a selfie at all 3 summits he will make a donation to a charity of my choosing therefore if successful I'll post them on here along with a compulsory wrist shot!

Wish me luck, I'm going to need it!!