Challenging the three peaks
BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0104119 (Published 01 April 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:0104119
- Caris Grimes, second year medical student1
- 1St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
It could have been Hannibal leading his army and the elephants over the Alps. It could have been Don Simon Bolivar, “The Liberator,” coming over the Andes and spotting a small patch near the sea to build the city of Santiago in Chile. It was, in fact, neither. As 19 of us were slipping and sliding our way down from a height of 978m at 2 am on a dark and wet September morning, I wondered why were doing it.
The Three Peaks Challenge is to climb the highest peaks of Scotland, England, and Wales within 24 hours. We were raising money for the new charity, TB Alert, which supports projects that fight tuberculosis in countries where it is endemic.
Snowdon in North Wales was the last part of the Three Peaks Challenge (IMAGES COLOUR LIBRARY)
We made contingency plans
Two days before, there had been huge gales blowing down from the north west, stinging the Scottish mountains with its rain. After months of organisation, it could have all gone wrong. We …
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