National 3 Peaks Challenge

                                                                     Sunday 30th May 2010

On Sunday 30th May, 6 of embarked on the National 3 Peaks Challenge.  This challenge involved climbing (walking) the 3 highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales all within a 24 hour period: Ben Nevis (1344m), Scafell Pike (978m) and Snowdon (1085m).

We completed this challenge with minutes to spare due to a desperate and mad dash down Snowdon in just under an hour.  Official time of completion was 23 hours, 57 minutes!  Due to injury Jagdeep had to pull out after the first mountain after he fell and hurt his knee.  The rest of us soildered on and by the time we were walking up Snowdon we were suffering from exhaustion, sleep deprivation and injuries amongst other things.  Completing this challenge was a major achievement considering we had under an hour to get down from Snowdon.  Well done, lads!

We will be funding the cost of this challenge ourselves and aim to raise money for the charity Khalsa Aid which funds many projects in Punjab and has recently been very active with helping those devastated by the disaster in Haiti.  Any support you can offer this charity to help those less fortunate than us around the world would be greatly received and appreciated.

For more information about Khalsa Aid please visit: www.KhalsaAid.org

For more information about the 3 Peaks Challenge please visit: www.TheThreePeaksChallenge.co.uk/National-Three-Peaks-Challenge

Team Members
Kuldeep Singh Baryana
Harpal Singh Kooner
Raj Singh Brayna
Sandeep Singh Sunner
Gurinder Singh Sangha
Jagdeep Singh
Jujhar Singh Boparai

Many, many thanks to Jujhar who drove us from mountain to mountain.  Without him none of this would have been possible and he kindly took the time out to to help us in this cause.  He was just as, if not more, important than any of us as we aimed to get to each location quickly and safely.

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Please dig deep and let's make a difference to those that need our help the most.

Many thanks in advance.