In this second article on my recent 3 Peaks challenge I describe the hikes themselves and the transits between the mountains. See Part One for a description of the challenge.
My personal times were:
Mountain
Start
Summit reached
Back at base
Distance
Ben Nevis
5pm
7-50pm
10pm
10 miles
Scafell Pike
4-30am
6-30am
8-30am
6 miles
Snowdon
1-45pm
4-10pm
7-30pm
8.5 miles
So as you can see I did succeed and completed it – I got to [...]
On the weekend of June 20th I took part in the national Three Peaks Challenge to try and climb the three highest peaks in the UK mainland within 24 hours. Starting off at Ben Nevis (1344m) in Scotland, I also climbed Scafell Pike (978m) in the Lake District, and ended up at Mount Snowdon [...]
It’s finally happened – I have at last changed my faithful petrol engined Lexus IS200 to a diesel Honda Civic.
And it sounds like a tractor.
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Phew! After an eventful last seven years, I finally managed to get my Masters thesis submitted this week to Nottingham University. The title? Wait for it…..
The use of 2D views to aid interaction and visualisation within 3D Collaborative Virtual Environments
When I started it I was a partner in a new tech startup called RealiMation Ltd, [...]
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