The Challenge
We undertook to raise at least £5,000 for Sight Savers in association with Rotary by climbing three of the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales, all within a twenty-four hour period. Both of these targets were tough for us to achieve, but fortuantly, with plenty of assistance, we've be able to potentially restore sight to nearly 300 people so we think it's worth the effort.
The Mountains
We climbed Stob Ban, Helvellyn and Snowdon all within a twenty-four hour period.
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Stob Ban(White Peak) is the first stop on our three mountain, three country tour. It's in the West Highlands of Scotland and at 999 meters high (3,277 feet) is only a shade lower than Ben Nevis. We're going to follow the course of Allt Coire a Mhusgain, along the southwest face of Sgurr a Mhaim till we reach the small lochan Coire nam Miseach before heading up along the ridge to the summit. If the climb's anything like as hard as the route is to pronounce then it'll be a tough one! No time to pause for breath though, the clock's against us, so it's a walk back down and carry on to... |
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Helvellyn, at 3113 feet, is one of only four mountains in the Lake District over 3,000 feet. We begin our climb on the Thirlmere side and ascend steeply around Comb Crags and up Birk Side towards Nethermost Pike before reaching the summit. We'll take a very brief pause here to look down on Striding Edge and Glenridding but we've still got the decent to do, following the course of Glenridding Beck, past the Greenside Youth Hostel and then back into Glenridding where we pick up our rides and settle back for a brief sit-down as we travel onwards to... |
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Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and the highest mountain on our journey, at 1085 meters (3560 feet). Still, at least the end is in sight, even if we'll have to crain our necks back to see it. We start our climb at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Llanberis, heading up past Hebron Station and up along by the railway. We eventually reach the Crib Goch ridge before the final ascent up to the summit station. Then it's a dash back down and to a well deserved drink back at the Royal Victoria Hotel. |
The Fundraising
Of course, climbing the mountains was only half of the challenge. Before we got that far we needed to raise at least £5,000 for SightSavers. Check out our sponsorship and events pages to find out how people helped play their own part in meeting the challenge.
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