Three Peaks Challenge 2010

Our Three Peaks Challenge diary is rapidly filling up for 2010. Don't miss out, call us on 08005870988 or email us via www.mountainandglen.com to secure your place!

Alpine Ice Challenge 2010

Dates are filling up rapidly for our winter adventure in the Southern French Alps.

We now have only one date in january available. For more info visit www.alpine-ice-challenge.com where you can download a brochure.

Olympic athlete completes the Three Peaks Challenge!

Jamie Baulch,Olympic Silver medallist and former world indoor 400 metre champion successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge with Mountain and Glen over the weekend despite the less than favourable mountain weather!

After successfully scaling Ben Nevis, Jamie and his team headed down to the Lakes to tackle Scafell Pike, which was a whole different prospect in darkness. The weather deteriorated on the descent but Jamie was in good spirits on reaching the support team waiting on Wasdale green. Three bacon rolls and two cups of tea later he headed down to his native Wales to climb Snowdon.

Conditions were pretty difficult on the mountain with rain being whipped horizontally by 50 mph winds on the summit, but the whole team made it safely to the finish with a Challenge time of 23 hours and 54 minutes!

Fortunately the Vaynol Arms at Nant Peris had laid on a warm welcome for everyone and their hospitality soon had the whole team talking about their next challenge.

Jamie received a coveted Anthony Nolan Trust medal to add to his Olympic silver which we're sure will go straight into his trophy cabinet back home!

Thanks to everyone who participated over the weekend and made this one such a superb event.

The Director's Cut!

Three Peaks 24 hour Challenge

The 30th May saw our first Three Peaks Challenge of the year in The Anthony Nolan Trust series.

Scorching temperatures on Ben Nevis did little to deter our intrepid Three Peakers who made good time before heading down to the Lakes where Scafell Pike was waiting in darkness.

Snowdon was ascended in similar conditions to the Ben, but a cold beer - I mean orange juice - was waiting in the Vaynol Arms for our teams and this seemed to spur them on to the end!

Well done to everyone; £10000 was raised for the lifesaving work of the Trust!

Training for the Three Peaks Challenge

A fantastic weekend was had by all on Scafell Pike last weekend as we prepared teams for their 2009 Three Peaks Challenges.

Teams set off in bright sunshine on Saturday morning. However, an electric storm in the afternoon demonstrated perfectly the rapid changeability of mountain weather.

The weather on Sunday was warm and sunny and allowed teams to brush up on their rusty navigation skills with MLs Leo and Pete

Our next training event takes place in Snowdonia on May 9/10. If you are attempting the Three Peaks this year why not come along and gain some valuable skills and info to help make it a successful Challenge? Call us on 0800 5870988 to book your place.

Three Peaks Challenge 2009

Bookings for places on our Three Peaks Challenges are coming in thick and fast this year!

Our Credit-Crunch busting offer is proving irresistable and many dates are now completely full! Book a team of four or more on any of our listed events and one person goes free! That's a saving of nearly £400! In addition, book 5 or more places and we'll also waive the cost of your Mountain Leader.

We still have availability on May 16/17, June 6/7 and 20/21, Aug 29/30.

Call us on 0800 5870988 or email us via www.mountainandglen.com to secure your place before they all go!

Andy Kirkpatrick - Psychovertical

I went to listen to a presentation by Andy Kirkpatrick last week. What an amazing evening! His casual style and self-effacing humour were in contrast to the pictures he showed - vertigo-inducing stills and videos from some of the world's big walls.

The audience were completely spellbound by Andy's description of climbing El Capitan with his girlfriend, Karen Darke. Climbing El Cap is a huge achievement in itself (Andy has climbed it many times before - including a solo ascent of the Reticent Wall). What made this climb so amazing is that Karen lost the use of both her legs in a climbing accident and Andy had to devise a pully system that would allow her to belay him as he led, before jumaring up the rope herself! Andy likened the achievement to doing 4000 pull-ups!

Karen has led a life of adventure, before and after the accident that left her paralysed. Hearing Andy describe their achievement was both inspirational and humbling.

Andy will also be joining Phil Packer's team to lead another ascent of El Cap in June. Former Army Major Phil Packer was injured in an incident following a rocket attack in Basra, Iraq on 19 Feb 08. Sadly, as a result of the accident he lost the use of his legs and is now a paraplegic with what are classed as catastrophic injuries. He was originally told he would never walk again but Phil is on a mission to raise one million pounds to assist Help for Heroes in their crucial work. See www.philpacker.com to make a donation.

Check out www.andy-kirkpatrick.com and http://karendarke.com for more information.

Three Peaks Challenge Training Weekend 2009

Our 25/26 April Three Peaks training weekend is now almost fully subscribed, although a few team places are still available.

Remember, you don't have to be booked on one of our Challenges to come along!

We are the only operator offering the chance to ascend Scafell Pike in darkness, simulating actual Challenge conditions.

We have years of experience running successful Three Peaks Challenges (and as participants!) so if you feel your preparations need a helping hand why not call us on 0800 5870988 or click the title to be linked directly to the training page of our website.

Hope to see you there!