Mega Challenge Training Walk in Lakes Planned for April

In the run-in to the big event, I am planning a series of challenging training walks in the Lakes in April 2013. The aim is to lead up to a final day trek whcih should mirror two of the challenge completing the Yorkshire 3 peaks. These will be tackled later in May as a final challenge training event when Karl and I will attemprt to do the Yorkshire 3 peak challenge twice back to back over a weekend, just to see if we are up for it!

The walks planned for my Lakes trip are as follows:

Day One - Great Gable, Galaramara via Bessy Boot and Green Gable

This route will be a circular walk returning to the Honister Pass mine car park

Day Two - Ambleside to Wasdale Head Hotel

This walk will be an early start from the cottage in Ambleside walking over Greenup Edge via Helm Crag and the Langdales, then up The Band to Scafell Pike and down to Wast Water to meet Karen in the Wasdale head Hotel for lunch, or will it be tea?

Day Three - Challenge walk Ambleside to Threlkeld

This walk is the nearest thing I can think of that can mirror the type of challenge we will have on one of the 2 days walk. This will be followed up with Karl and I completing the Yorkshire 3 peak challenge twice
over a weekend, clockwise one day and anti-clockwise the next day.

This walk will be 25 miles and will climb 16 peaks:

1. Nab Scar 1,477 ft
2. Heron Pike 2,009 ft
3. Great Rigg 2,514 ft
4. Seat Sandal 2,416 ft
5. Fairfield 2,865 ft
6. St Sunday Crag 2,760 ft Descend to Patterdale to Climb Striding Edge
7. Birks 2,041 ft
8. Helvellyn 3,118 ft (second highest mountain in England)
9. Nethermost Pike 2,954 ft
10. Dollywaggon Pike 2,861 ft
11. Whiteside 2,832 ft
12. Raise 2,898 ft
13. Stybarrow Dodd 2,767 ft
14. Watson's Dodd 2,589 ft
15. Great Dodd 2,813 ft
16. Clough Head 2,383 ft

If we pull this one off, we deserve double the sponsorship already raised, so come on folks - dig deep!! We are killing ourselves here!