Sponsered Climb of Ben Nevis
One of our regular Forum Mums - Lesley aka mummy - has decided to climb Ben Nevis Scotland, the highest mountain in Great Britain standing 4418 feet (1343) metresLesley wrote to me saying :-
"At the end of May I and my sister Joan will be walking to the top of Ben Nevis Scotland, the highest mountain in Great Britain standing 4418 feet (1343) metres.
This decision came about because my sister Joan and I go on a walking holiday every year.
In 2006 we were in the lake district and on a whim we decided to climb Scafell Pike which at 3210 ft (978m) is the highest peak in England (2nd highest in UK). Neither of us had done it before and the last time we had climbed a mountain together was when we ascended Snowdon the highest mountain in Wales (3rd in UK) at 3560 ft (1085 m) during a family holiday in a round 1980 when we were teenagers.
Scafell Pike was hard work but the 5 mile ascent was worth it just to say we had done it. Later that year my husband and two sons then aged 10 and 13 climbed to the summit of Snowdon.
In 2007 Joan and I went to Wales and decided that as we had conquered Scafell Pike the previous year then we could probably manage Snowdon together. By now I was 41 and Joan 43. We succeeded the climb which was also 5 miles each way. Later that year I went up Scafell Pike again but this time with hubby and two boys.
To summarise, in 2006 I climbed both Scafell Pike (with Joan) and Snowdon (with hubby and boys), and in 2007 I climbed both Scafell pike (with Hubby and boys) and Snowdon (with Joan)
It was after last years family holiday that I asked Joan if she had ever climbed Ben Nevis and whether she was up for it. I climbed Ben Nevis on a whim on my honeymoon in 1992. Again it is 5 miles each way but being higher it is steeper. Then I was 26 years old and weighed 9 and a half stone. Now I am 42 and weigh 13 and a half stone!
Joan said she had never done it and as she has now done the other two she felt it would be good to do ’the three’
I have since been on the web and discovered that it is likely that the top 100 feet of Ben Nevis will be snow covered so the weather we have had recently has been good for practising in!
I am asthmatic so I find hill climbing very tiring. Scafell took me 5 hours up and three down, Snowdon 6 up and four down. So I am expecting Ben Nevis to be a very long day, possibly 12 to 14 hours total.
Joan is very experienced with a map and compass and much fitter than me being a black belt in King Fu! (Yes really) but I will be learning to use a map and compass myself.
I am currently walking around 20 miles a week in all weathers to help prepare myself for the day."
Wow what an amazing thing to do for a holiday :-) I must admit that there is no way that I would be fit enough to even think about doing something like this! So I honestly think that this is an amazing thing for Lesley to be doing and I wish her every success with her training and the actual climb.
I am sure that everyone else who visits adders.org will also like to pass on their messages of support and encouragement and hopefully also want to Sponsor her to help with this encouragement
If anyone would like to encourage Lesley in this maybe they could fill out the form below and send it to us here at adders.org to pledge your support by sponsoring her a small amount for every 100 metres (total climb is 1343 metres so this works out as 13.43 lots of 100 metres if you see what I mean LOL )
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I really hope that many folk will help Lesley in this and send her your encouragement and support and in doing so you are not only helping Lesley but adders.org too.
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