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3 Peaks Challenge – Part 2: The hikes

August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Google Earth/Maps, Life, Photography

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 [...]

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3 Peaks Challenge – Part 1: Overview

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Photography

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 [...]

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Going agricultural

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Life, Photography

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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Masters thesis submitted at last!

May 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Life

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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