Mornin' all
Just a quick note to let you know how it went at the weekend...
Sorry to say, I didn't manage to complete the 3-Peaks...
My 'glass' knee packed up on the descent of Scafell & I felt it would be stupid/dangerous to try Snowdon with the pain it was giving. Absolutely gutted not to have managed the full deck but there we go - might have to have a doc look at it & get it sorted...
The event was quite a slog. We left the Wirral around 09:00 on Saturday in a 15-seater minibus & started our challenge at 18:00 with the climb of Ben Nevis from Glen Nevis. I was back to the bus by 23:00 which I was pleased with. Man thats a slog - relentless. In hindsight, I think the descent is whats done my knee - a lot of impacts...
We got to Scafell & started the ascent at 06:00 - the minibus was speed restricted to 60mph which didn't help the transit times... I was dropped right from the start & was way behind the team at the top. Coming down was a nightmare... One of the guys stayed with me which was great but by the last part of the descent, I could barely string half a dozen steps together without stopping to rest the knee... It was crushing getting back to the bus knowing that was that... All over...
But, I had a great go at it with a great bunch of guys. They dropped me off at a garage on the way through to Snowdon with Kev (he'd been on board for Ben Nevis only) & they carried on to complete the mission. They got down from Snowdon at around 19:30 so I'm made up for them to have completed it.
Loads of memorable bits including the descent of Ben Nevis in the darkening evening following picture postcard views from the climb & the top... The climb up Scafell was much more personal. I'll pop some photo's up as they dribble through from the team.
With respect to the fund raising, Pete was hoping to get to the £1,000 mark but the website is up to nearly £1,600 this morning & I know there's more donations to come in from loads of sources so its been a total success from that point of view. You lot & my other friends, family & work colleagues have been brilliant & so very generous in this regard so thank you very much for your contributions.
Same time next year???
Cheers all