National Three Peaks Challenge

[Northerner]

Aymes is now doing this tomorrow! It's a massive challenge, especially for someone from Norfolk (which is a bit flat, I hear!) and she's almost at her target so please help her reach it and give her maximum encouragement! 🙂

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fun...ilePage.action?userUrl=Amys_3_Peaks_Challenge

 

[Vicsetter]

Good luck Aymes. Good job it's tomorrow as the A85 is closed overnight from 10pm to 6am for the next 4 weeks(thats from us to Lochearnhead)😱

 

[Steff]

Aymes goof luck

 

[macast]

good luck for tomorrow.... we will be thinking about you.... take care x

 

[Northerner]

If you're on Twitter you can follow her experiences - she's tweeting as @AmysThreePeaks 🙂

I'll try and update this thread with any highlights 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Aymes' first, erm...view of Ben Nevis 😱

 

[aymes]

Thanks everyone. Up for an early breakfast then out onto the Ben for an 8am start. The 24hrs is looking unlikely due to the weather conditions but we'll see what we can do. Strange mixture of fear and excitement at the moment!

 

[Northerner]

Thanks everyone. Up for an early breakfast then out onto the Ben for an 8am start. The 24hrs is looking unlikely due to the weather conditions but we'll see what we can do. Strange mixture of fear and excitement at the moment!

Good luck Aymes! This is such an incredible challenge - out of the three I've only been up Scafell and that would have been enough for me in 24 hours! Stay safe, I hope you all enjoy it! 🙂

p.s. I hope you don't mind me posting your updates.

 

[Northerner]

aymes is now halfway up Ben Nevis and says she's struggling a bit.

 

[macast]

aymes is now halfway up Ben Nevis and says she's struggling a bit.

I've just tweeted her some encouragement 🙂

she is amazing!

 

[Doddy]

Bless her 🙂 Keep going Aymes xxx

 

[Northerner]

Unforunately, aymes became ill going up Ben Nevis:

Bad news-ill 3/4s up BN so had to take difficult decision & turn round.Couldn't risk getting worse higher up. Gutted but right decision

Think will have to sit out Scafell & hopefullu do Snowdon early morning - so the nearly two peaks it is

Hope you pick up aymes - 'nearly two peaks' is still a huge achievement! I've only done Scafell out of the three and that was very difficult, especially the boulder field near the top.

 

[Doddy]

Even attempting to do it is amazing xxx You made the right choice, and given yourself the best chance to do snowdon tomoz xx good luck xx

 

[Northerner]

Latest from aymes:

Looking like a 330am climb with head torches for Snowdon. I may have missed one but I'm knackered!

 

[Northerner]

aymes is now safe and sound at the end of her challenge:

Did 3/4s Snowdon then came back down as lady I was walking with had injured knee and weather conditions appalling

Disappointing to have only done effectively half the challenge but it is what it is.

As the guide said though ' it's not compulsory to get to the top, but it is compulsory to get safely back down' - grateful I did that!

I think this is a tremendous achievement - even experienced mountain walkers would find each individual peak a big challenge, and especially to attempt them all in 24 hours in poor weather conditions. So a huge well done from me aymes! 🙂

 

[macast]

well done Aymes!!! amazing to have taken on the challenge and completed half of it!!! very well done


my partner struggled with that and he has done 3-week treks in the Himalayas and Peru 🙂

 

[spiritfree]

Well done Aymes. You have done really well.