Last year, sixteen of us climbed Snowdon four and a half times in one day. 21 hours. 4,800m of ascent. More than Everest from base camp. Six men's knees gave out. We raised £3,000.

Someone at the summit said, "Never invite us to these stupid challenges ever again, Chris." So naturally, we're doing another one.

Slightly more civilised this time...

It's the Bath Half. 13.1 miles on flat road. No mountain, no 2am start, no sideways rain. Sounds soft after Snowdon. It isn't. I run trail, and road is a different animal. Same legs, no soft ground to save your knees.

Why IceBreakers

IceBreakers gets men outdoors every week doing hard things together. Cold water. Hiking. Sauna. Fire. Not therapy. Not a programme. Just men showing up alongside other men.

I found it as a solo entrepreneur. Long hours, shrinking social life, and the quiet isolation that comes with building something on your own. Work, home, work, repeat. Nobody notices, including you.

That's the thing IceBreakers actually protects against. Not crisis. Drift. You don't wait until things fall apart to build the habit. You build it while you're well.

Somewhere on the third climb up Snowdon, men who'd barely spoken that morning were talking properly. Nobody planned that. It just happens when men are locked into something hard together. That's the whole thing, and it happens every week without a mountain involved.

Where your money goes

IceBreakers is volunteer-led with no big funding behind it. Donations launch new chapters, train volunteers, and keep every session free and open. That last part matters most. Free means no man has to work out whether he can afford to look after himself.

The ask?

A fiver. A tenner. Whatever you'd spend on a coffee you'll forget by lunchtime. It doesn't sponsor my sore legs. It pays for the man who hasn't shown up yet, because the session's still free and the door's still open.

Thank you 🙏