national three peaks challenge

hiya myself and a friend (i do have one ) are thinking of doing this nxt year for charity , has anyone else on ere done this ?

[rictus01]

Indeed I have all be it some 30 years ago, Snowdon,Scafell Pike,Ben Nevis all within 24hrs including the traveling,none of them are that difficult to be fair and as long as you're fairly young & fit the actual climbing is not the major problem, I'd make sure you practise some bad weather climbs and some night climbs as you may well encounter bad weather at at least one location and you will have to do one in the dark.

the logistics need to be sorted and you are allowed to have help with that bit, I believe these days you can register with someone and get it certified, but I can't remember who off hand.

Cheers Mark

[Ian P]

Did this last year, logistics need to be on the ball to complete the challenge within the 24 hrs. you need some one just to drive your transport.Walking is the easy bit. The hills were crowded when we did it and for this reason i didnt enjoy it

Its good on the basis of raise money for charity, but i prefer to take in the scenery rather than race up and down, so i could never see myself doing it.

Maybe one for who can get up and down the slowest lol.

[Richie]

Please, who ever is driving Stick to the speed limit as a few people have been killed enroute between Scafel & Snowdon...

we are just starting to plan it all out but luckely there are some great sites with plenty of info on them

From what I know of it start from Ben Nevis then do Scaefell and finally Snowdon, do the tourist routes for speed and get as much rest in between as poss, for safety,s sake you need to have as much light as poss so you can do an early start and latest finish as safe, which may mean leaving it til June and sharing the hills with loads of other peeps, whatever you do good luck with it

I got roped into being the driver / chef about 4 years ago stupidly thinking it would be a shared driving / walking affair.

On the night part drive upto Ben Nevis whilst driving through some mountains, there was a long trail of lights floating up in the mountains. We were all a bit bemused (Ufo ?) but it turned out to be walkers taking part in 50K day/night challenge that takes part every year ? Not sure what its called 'Rabbie burn' something of other maybe .....

Been thinking about doing it next year on the motorbike. Ride up to Fort William day before, start at 9 the next day (get hard bit out of the way first). Basically breaking it down to more managable 2 stage ride. Then rest up after Snowden, still completed in 24 hrs though.

Just an idea - obvisously safety is the biggest concern.