Myself, Tim Hoang, Chris Lee, Sam Grace, Rebecca Gregory and Claire Williamson, and driver Gerry Grewal have signed up to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support by completing the Three Peaks Challenge this summer. But it’s the physical challenge rather than the fundraising that is literally exercising the team from Loewy-agencies Lighthouse PR and Rainier PR.

The team will begin its ascent of Ben Nevis at 5pm on Saturday, 14 June, climbing Scafell Pike the following morning and completing the task with the conquest of Snowdon by 5pm that afternoon – thus having climbed the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours.

In completing the challenge we’ll have climbed more than 3400 metres (more than 11,100ft), almost the height of Mount Cook (NZ), and done a round trip of 1,148 miles, the equivalent of driving London to Bucharest.

My motivation is simple: I want to get fit and raise some cash for Macmillan. But after discussion about personal training schedules this morning I’m getting more than a tad concerned. Chris has just completed a cycle ride between the ancient cities of Cordoba and Granada in southern Spain, and Claire is lined up for the London Marathon and a couple of triathlons.

I’m going to put in a trip up Scafell next month and the team is heading to Snowdon in May for a warm-up. I’ll write updates as we get closer to the challenge in the meantime please consider making a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support via our Just Giving page to see us on our way.

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