Well the time came for another monthly training session with the team in preparation for our 3 peaks challenge which we are currently undertaking in May 2010. It started off very well and the weather was excellent, no rain, no snow, no wind (except from a few of the team members) it was a perfect day to climb a mountain and boy was it a mountain. Scafell Pike in the Lake District, is supposedly the most challenging mountain throughout the National 3 Peaks challenge.
The climb it’s self was very difficult and a quarter of the way up we started to get ice and snow which made it even more difficult. We battled our way up until we looked up, there is was, the steepest part of the time, full of thick snow and all we had was our boots…. People were attaching their crampons and walking poles out, we were going to attempt it without…everyone thought we were mad. After a good 40 minutes or so we were finally at the top (not of Scafell, but the gully) we then had a 10 minute break and had a coffee and just took in the amazing views that were around us, it was something so beautiful that now I am home it doesn’t seem real. We all said to each other that we couldn’t believe this was in the UK, it was simply stunning and made the whole journey worth while, we continued on for another 20 minutes before we got to the top :] we had made it and what a feeling it was!
The photo above is a shot I took while at the top of the mountain, if you would like to see more photos from our Trip please visit my Gallery and take a look in the Set “Scafell Pike February 2010” or take a look at all my photos http://rzy.me/FR
