Lakes Bathrooms accomplished new heights with its team sponsored to complete the famous Three Peaks Challenge. Climbing in aid of two worthy charities, this adventure saw a team of 14 scale the three highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales, supported by their support crew of three.
Trekking through the day and night, the team climbed a total height of 3,407 metres, over a distance equivalent to a marathon, but at sharp ascent. Their 1,150 mile route started at midday on April 12 at the highest peak, Ben Nevis, and then took them south to Scafell Pike, which they climbed overnight, before finally conquering Snowden during the next day. The team completed their challenge in just under 26 hours; a disappointment as they set out to make it in just 24.
While the team ended up outside their target time for completing their epic challenge, they finished way beyond their fundraising target of £5,000 – with the current total running at over £7,500, they’re optimistic of raising even more for their chosen charities and invite donations at: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/teamlakes
The two charities that stand to benefit from the Lakes Bathrooms Three Peaks fundraising are The Little Princess Trust and Dorothy House Hospice Care. The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs to boys and girls across the UK and Ireland that have lost their own hair through cancer treatment.
Dorothy House Hospice Care, the second recipient of monies raised by the challenge, provides free, high-quality care to those with life threatening illnesses across Bath, North and West Wiltshire and parts of Somerset.