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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">To raise money for the<strong> John Muir Trust</strong> I have decided to try and walk the <strong>UK BIG 3 </strong>mountain rounds in one BIG push!!! This includes the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">Paddy Buckley Round, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">Bob Graham Round and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">Ramsay Round (a total of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">187 miles, 113 summits and 83,000ft of ascent - about three times the height of Everest!!!) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">I will use my trusty compass for navigation and a mixture of bothies and local B&Bs for as much sleep as possible. I aim to complete this challenge in 11 days on the hill this May (13 days including travel...) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">The UK BIG 3 may prove beyond me but will certainly involve huge amounts of planning, training and fretting on my part, so please dig deep and donate something towards a crazy idea and a worthy charity...... </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">Check out my blog to hear more about the challenge and to follow my progress though training, logistics and fundraising:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://ukbig3challenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #2a42c6;">http://ukbig3challenge.blogspot.com</span></a> </span></span></p>