Three Peaks - Anyone Done It? Any Tips?
Evening all. I’m doing the Three Peaks in august, with my mate who is doing it for a stroke charity that has recently been looking after his brother who unfortunately had a severe stroke at 46.
For anyone who’s not aware, it’s a climb of Ben Nevis, then Scaffell Pike, then Snowden, in 24 hours, traveling to one after the other, kipping in the van between them (SP is an overnight climb). I’ve read all the website stuff of do’s and dont's, equipment needed etc but don’t know anybody that’s done it so thought I’d ask if anyone had any experience or real world feedback? Cheers.
Did it but cycled between the three.
Did it for charity with some friends in 2019. We cycled between the peaks, staying in various campsites and had a support team in vans carrying our stuff, obviously there wasn't the time limit in this case and we went up all peaks first thing in the morning.
The peaks themselves were the easy bit if I am honest. I would just say make sure you have a good weather window, all three can be difficult if the weather is poor otherwise there's masses of useful info out there and indeed above in this thread.