Author: Rachael Brooks
Three Peaks Charity Challenge For Island Police
Tuesday, 23rd June, 2009 at 3:45 pm, Isle of Wight
We wish the very best of luck to the three Island policemen who will are preparing to complete the Three Peaks Challenge in memory of well-known Isle of Wight teenager Asa Singleton who died earlier this year.
The challenge which involves climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon within 24 hours will raise funds for the Neurofibromatosis Association.
The lads will be traveling north to Scotland early on Wednesday, 1 July and will starts their challenge at the base of Ben Nevis at 6am on Thursday 2 July.
It’s hoped that by 6am on the Friday morning that they will have reached the finish line at the base of Snowdon.
One of the officers, PC Matt Wilford, said: “The team chose this challenge as we are all keen walkers, and want a demanding target to help raise the profile of the charity.
“This challenge is going to be exceptionally testing. It involves around 15 hours of walking, over 25 miles, with only a few hours recovery between each peak. We expect it to be tough, but intend to encourage each other through the climbs.”
If you want to help they guys along with their challenge you can do so by donating via their Just Giving page
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Grand effort, worthy cause, hats off! I shall forward this onto Asa’s dad. Thanks for the heads up Ventnor Blog. :O)
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why don’t they run up and down boniface down?
ventnor could emulate grouse mountain by installing time-clocking devices at the top and bottom.
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for some reason i can’t post a link to the article in which i read about the mountain.
it’s at google news from metro newspaper.
google :
“Find the daily Grind in Vancouver”.
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there’s a good brewery in the vicinity of where they’re heading :
http://www.greatgablebrewing.co.uk
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Passed on news to Asa’s dad who is in Turkey right now….He sent this back via a more tech savvy relative.
…JUst heard the news on the challenge from Turkey and would like to say a massıve thank you and we thınks its really great what they are doing for the charity.
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