Glyder ridge at dawn: the first of the 16 peaksLast weekend two RGS teachers completed the arduous Welsh 3000s challenge with a few friends for charity…

Clive Greenhough and Giles Scoble scrambled, trekked and jogged the 'Welsh 3000s Challenge' in under 24 hours on Saturday 7th June 2008.

Here is their account of the challenge:

"So here’s briefly how it went:

"We started at 3.40am after hardly any sleep at the foot of Snowdon and scrambled up and climbed Crib Goch (look it up it’s real nasty). Our official start time was when we reached the summit of Crib Goch at 5.30am, we then trekked and scrambled pretty much non-stop except for two 30 minite-ish stops to eat breakfast and lunch a whopping 21 hours and 35 miles up and down the 15 (some say 16) mountains of Wales all over 3000 feet. We reached the last peak at 11pm (official end), but we then had to trek a further 2 ¼ hrs down the mountain and to the nearest road to finish at 1.15am. By the end of it, we could barely walk and had loads of blisters, bleeding feet, swollen ankles and knees, black toe nails etc, but were thrilled to finish.   

"We now have a lot of respect for anyone else who has done this and certainly have a lot of respect for the elite forces around the world who do this sort of stuff with a small house on their backs and then go and fight. We could barely lift a cold beer to our lips before passing out with exhaustion. It was awesome though and we thoroughly recommend it."

This is the whole route: Carnedds in foreground, Tryfan and Glyder ridge in middle ground and then Snowdon in the background: 35 miles in total, 16 peaks.

Half way through and clearly not lost yet 

They put their bodies and minds through this torture to raise money for two very worthwhile charities:

The Alzheimer's Society and all the great work they do  and also for SOS Children's Villages, who are  a superb charity that make a difference to so many young people's lives.

They would be grateful if you could sponsor them  by clicking on one of  or both of the links below, but as ever, please feel no compulsion.

http://www.justgiving.com/clivegreenhough   - Alzheimers’ Society

http://www.justgiving.com/clivegreenhough1 - SOS Children’s Villages

If you are not able to make a contribution on line, you can also make a cheque payable to ‘The Alzheimer’s Society’ or ‘SOS Children’s Villages’ and pass them to the school office for Clive Greenhough’s attention.

Thank you for taking the time to read this article.

Many thanks

Clive Greenhough & Giles Scoble