Medway 3 Peakers
Welcome to the Medway3Peakers.co.uk website.
What is it all about?
- Massive mountains
- A massive challenge
- A massive triumph
On 1st and 2nd july 2010, a team from Medway Council, plus friends and relatives, took on the might of the Three Peaks Challenge – climbing Ben Nevis (Scotland), Scafell Pike (Lake District, England) and Mount Snowdon (Wales). Although we didn’t achieve one of our aims – to complete in 24 hours – we did complete all three mountains.
The main reason for undertaking this adventure was the personal challenge it provided for all of the participants. However, we also wish to raise as much money as possible for two worthwhile charities – the Demelza Hospice for children and ShelterBox who have helped world-wide during the recent natural disasters in Haiti and beyond.
Information on the charities and links to our JustGiving donation pages can be found here:
| Demelza Children’s Hospice | Donation Page |
| ShelterBox Disaster Relief | Donation Page |
These pages will stay up for some time, so if you haven’t already done so, and you feel you wish to donate a few pounds in support of our efforts, it would be very much appreciated.
Many, many thanks to those that have sponsored the various members of the team.
Take a look through the site to see our preparation in the lead up to the challenge, as well as reports and photos in our gallery from the day itself.
Best regards
Medway3Peakers
The latest from our blog
Three Peak Challenge Adventure Success
July 8th, 2010The team have completed their physical (and mental) challenge to raise funds for Demelza Children’s Hospice and Shelterbox.
All, at the outset, novices at trekking mountains, the preparation included map reading, emergency first aid, dietary and equipment requirement advice; together with plenty of walking/stamina training over a period of months.
With the support of Medway Youth Service, who provided a minibus and Medway Rotary radios the group departed from Strood at 05.25 Wednesday 30th June, stopping overnight in Perth.
The challenge began in poor weather conditions at 16.30, Thursday 1st July as the ascent of Ben Nevis (4406ft) got underway; alongside the RFU Wooden Spoon charity event.
The 3Peakers’ working together in smaller groups all triumphed and by 23.30 the team were mobile heading south toward Cumbria and Scafell.
The journey was undertaken along quiet motorways and winding country roads but rain was the greeting at Wasdale Head; where at 06.30 the second adventure began.
Scafell (3209ft), although the smallest is the more navigationally difficult with a terrain of challenging footpaths/boulders to overcome but having accomplished this, with the requirement to forge a torrential stream, the final journey southwest began at 13.30.
Although behind time for completing within 24 hours, this knowledge didn’t reduce the determination to scale the third summit, Snowdon (3560ft). However horrendous traffic conditions delayed arrival at Pen-y-pass and the group didn’t begin their final assault along the Pyg track until 19.45.
There was some smiles and tired expressions as at 00.45 the Medway3Peakers walked off the mountain, head torches blazing, into the Llanberis village, exhausted, elated but emphatically proud of a job well done.
Geoff
We did it – challenge complete!
July 4th, 2010As you can see from the home page of the site, we completed the Three Peaks Challenge on the 1st and 2nd July 2010.
Unfortunately, due to a number of factors – not least of which was travel delays between mountains and poor weather on all three peaks - we did not achieve one of our aims – to complete in 24 hours.
However, we did complete. And for such a large main group (12 people) of differing ages and abilities we believe we have achieved what we really set out to do – the best we possibly could.
A second group of three, climbing and travelling independantly of the main group, had a slightly different adventure to the rest of us. We’ll let them tell their own story.
Photos and more to follow – come back and visit us soon.
Been a privilege to support the Medway3Peakers, alongside Richard Lynn on a journey that has tested all concerned and culminated with the 12 strong group appearing out of the darkness, head torches blazing into the village of Llanberis.
Memories there undoubtedly are, individual and group challenges successfully overcome but without doubt PRIDE in an objective planned and executed in continuous good spirit, despite difficult environmental conditions, beyond the physical nature of the terrain.
To date with Gift Aid the combined fund raising from the website totals £1,344.62 and with other sponsorship £2,000 seems an objective that can be reached. A total well deserving of your efforts.
Well done all I am immensely proud – Geoff
Well done Kay,Geoff and team-what a great effort.
Marge
Well done everyone; I thought you would have a tricky day when I saw the forecast! The fact that you did not make it in 24 hours in now way undermines your achievement. To cover the best part of 25 hard mountain miles and approx 3000 meters of ascent in one trip in poor conditions is tough. I am quite envious!!! :O)