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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #15 on: 24 April 2009, 11:11:28 »
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For Snowdon, the pig track is a good choice as you start off quite high up near the Pen-y-pass youth hostel car park....and if your feeling adventurous than you can take a right turn up Crib Goch!.


That brings back memories. Went up there with a couple of mates at the age of 17. One of my mates announces he's scared of heights about 1/4 of the way up but insists on continuing.  ::)

The next 1/4 he did on hands and knees but by the time we got to the top he'd been "cured" and went on to develop an interest in ice climbing including going up Mont Blanc in winter.

So, if anyone is not good with heights I can recommend a solution. It won't be an easy one though. ;D

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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #16 on: 29 April 2009, 14:57:18 »
On Monday/Tuesday I managed to complete my 3 peaks challenge.  Starting at 5am Monday with a very wet & snowy Ben Nevis, followed by a sunny and clear ScaFell Pike and finishing with a dark and damp Snowdon.  All completed (up and down) within the 24 hours, despite 2 members getting lost coming down scafell costing us an hour and some drunk/drugged nutter on the A55 trying to take us out by doing a handbrake turn in front of us whilst we were travelling at 'high' speed (I kid you not!).

I seem to have escaped unscathed from the whole experience with no physical injuries - just a few mental scars!  Over £1300 raised for the MS society and good amounts raised for Help the Heroes, Teenage Caner Trust & Cancer Research UK by some of the other fellas.

Thanks for all your support on here!
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #17 on: 29 April 2009, 16:35:02 »
Well done :y
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #18 on: 29 April 2009, 16:37:14 »
Congrats  :y
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #19 on: 29 April 2009, 17:24:18 »
Splendid , well done :y :y :y
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #20 on: 29 April 2009, 18:21:09 »
I done the three peaks for MS back in 94 and Ben Nevis in 95 for the same cause, but the three peaks was not done in 24 hrs due to having two coach loads of folks at the time, Snowdon is the easiest peak up the pyg track as said done that in 1hr and 8 minutes, scaffell Pike in 1 and a half hours and Ben nevis in just over two hours. That time does'nt include the descent time and we started off at Ben Nevis.

Tips take plenty of deep heat or something similar as it does help in between climbs :y
Also on the descent from the Ben you can avoid the zig zag path on descent and just run down the scree which should take you out below the last zig zag and back onto the track before you hit the red burn  (assuming you are taking the Pony Track). As there is no other quicker route up!!
As for Scaffell we went in from seathwaite 4 miles took the same route up and descended the same.
Snowdon the quickest way is up the pyg track and down is  by the Llanberis path practically follows the railway line.

Good luck :y
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #21 on: 30 April 2009, 08:52:54 »
we found an even quicker way of descending Ben Nevis and avoiding the zig-zags - on our backsides on the the snow!  Snow was about 5 feet deep on top and visibility only about 50 feet.

Scafell was climbed via wasdale - some fabulous views, it was really clear.

Just waiting for all the speeding tickets to hit my desk from the hire van!.....
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #22 on: 30 April 2009, 08:57:00 »
Quickest way up all is by trials bike, then for Snowdon - train
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Re: UK Three Peaks Challenge
« Reply #23 on: 30 April 2009, 21:24:42 »
Well done on the achievement, and for the money raised :y
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