Working for Mountaineerin, we aim to complete the national 3 peaks in 24 hours. with a few wrong turns along the way music by: Track Title: Energetic-Lo-Fi-Hip-Hop-[No-Copyright-Music]-Summer-Soul Link: www.youtube.co.... enjoy
Well done! ... but what an absolute dingbat that guy was, climbing a mountain in sandals! Did you come down Snowdon on the Llanberis path? Hoping to do this in June.
Dont take this film as a model, If you end up in deep darkness on any of the hills, you started at the wrong time. Start time (high summer) is best as late in the afternoon as possible. That depends on the mountain fitness of the weakest member of the party. Experienced, fit mountain walkers can start at 1800 hours. That makes you descending the Ben in dusk and starting up Scawfell in the very early morning with the light rising as you hit the slopes. Really fit people can do all the walking in under 8 hours which leaves plenty of time for the driving and eating.
It's an odd challenge this one. It's not all about a person's physical ability, it's also about how fast you can drive between 3 mountains. What if your vehicle breaks down or you get held up by a traffic accident? I've always thought the Yorkshire 3 Peaks to be a better test of stamina. 3 much smaller summits but a 25 mile continuous trek, under your own steam, carrying your food and water - with no chance of sleeping in the back of a car or minibus for hours at a time between climbs.
