| This guide was put together in 1996 and at the time was
the only 3 Peaks Website online! We haven't completed the Challenge
since so our story gives you a snaphot of what it was like for us 10
years ago when we were stepping into the unknown.
If you were to ask Dave Allaway, Nick Bauer or myself Steve Biggs
why we wanted to attempt to climb Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell Pike
in the Lake District and Mount Snowdon in North Wales within 24 hours,
the likely answer might be "Well I dunno, err well we saw it in a
magazine and thought we should have a go." No ice-breaking reason or
original idea, but the combined incentive of the three of us to take on
this challenge, was enough to tip the balance, and force us to do it.
The doing it part consisted of the three of us, a Fiat Punto, a
mobile phone and enough junk food to stock a Tesco's superstore, as we
traversed the country from the south-east via Scotland to North Wales,
over the Easter Bank holiday weekend April 1996. We have included
walking route maps, a handful of photos, much needed information and
advice, along with the odd personal highs and lows, as we boldly went
where quite a few people have gone before! |
