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On the 9th July 2010 Sarah, two young people, our Chair of Trustees and two of our supporters will be setting heading for Fort William to take part in the National Three Peaks Challenge, a mountain-endurance challenge in which participants attempt to climb the highest peaks of each of the island’s three countries.

Whilst the challenge has no official rules or time restrictions, many participants, our team included, will try to complete the challenge within 24 hours using motorised transport to travel between the mountains.

The mountains climbed, in order of elevation, are Ben Nevis in Western Scotland, 1,344 metres (4,409 ft), Snowdon in North Wales, 1,085 metres (3,560 ft), and Scafell Pike in North-Western England, 978 metres (3,209 ft). In all the challenge involves some 42 kilometres (26 mi) of ascent and descent, and a round trip of nearly 900 miles.

We will be leaving on Friday the 9th July and spending the night in Fort William before starting the clock at 5pm as the team leaves for the summit of Ben Nevis.  24 hours, and some 900 miles of driving later, the team hopes to be standing on the top of Snowdon in North Wales having climbed to the peak of Scafell Pike on the way.

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