Challengers in peak condition

 

Well, regular readers of my Evening Post column will be delighted to hear that Team GI Joe from Llanelli completed their gruelling Welsh Three Peaks Challenge!

Their challenge, all in aid of the autism charity Week on the Street, was to climb up (and back down!) Cadair Idris, Snowdon and Pen y Fan in 12 hours or less, a total distance of 16 miles and making a total ascent of around 2000m in some of the most remote landscape in Wales.

I’m reliably informed that there were a few challenges for the team, including prolonged waits on the mountainside, having to leave a couple of members in the bus due to bad knees and walking around bends only to see more hills!

It is Wales, guys! What did you expect?

They are looking to go bigger and better next year and raise even more money for charity, but with more than £2000 already raised for this challenge, and more donations coming in daily, I think the guys deserve a well earned pat on the back and a long, hot soak in the bath!

Da iawn!