National 3 Peaks Challenge July 2011- Solo Record Attempt, Alex Staniforth

[jacquessteventon]

Nice one, I am 17 and did this just a couple of days after my 17th birthday :) Bloody good fun. The legs are hurting now but thats only because I have ripped my muscle in my leg from doing it haha ohhh if you didn't know overall its 400 tones on your knees :)

[FishinGuitarMad]

@jacquessteventon Cheers mate, well done to you too! It's great fun, I agree, mine hurt for a day or so but what hurt most was just that my body was completely drained afterwards as it had been so full of adrenalin for 24 hours, and afterwards I felt really really sick and tired. Hope you recover soon enough. I didn't get any injuries during the event surprisingly, apart from a small cut on my hand and a lot of swearing after spilling hot chocolate on my lap on the way to Wasdale Head!

[SuperSinghDarren]

hey well done! but can this be done without a map? im doing this in 2 days and spent all my time on preparing on fitness and forgot about route planning and navigating myself when on the actual mountains. im going with a group of people who i think have experience on these mountains but do i really need a map or can i stick to paths?

[FishinGuitarMad]

@SuperSinghDarren Hey sorry! This will be too late so I hope everything goes well- let me know how you get on! I didn't use a map once, but I brought one and a compass. I had a GPS as a backup but didn't need. I had bad vis on the Ben but paths clear and easy to follow. Scafell is hard- has few clear paths- I used a guidebook and went from Brackenclose up Brown Tongue path. Snowdon has very clear motorways so you can easily follow the paths (Miners or Pyg are best). Hope this helps. Good luck!