The Challenge
The Snowdonia 15 is one of the ultimate 24 hours challenges in the UK. The target is to summit all 15 peaks in the Snowdonia Range that are over 3000 feet high. Starting off with the feared Crib – Goch then heading off up to Snowdon (this is usually enough for most people in a day). By this time we will have only bagged 3 out of the 15, so onward towards the North to bag the remaining 12 including Tryfan and Carnedd Llewelyn.
By the time we will have finished we will have walked and scrambled over 30 miles and climbed over 4000m (half way to the top of Everest). At least a 3rd of the walk will also be completed in the dark.
The walk is broken into 3 segments, each taking between 5 – 8 hours depending on the weather and our fitness. We will have a quick chance to get some food and a change of clothes at the end of each stage, then we head off again. This makes this challenge very hard, there is limited rest time and continued exposure to the elements. We will be hoping for good weather.
This is not an easy challenge, we will need to be fit, determined and single minded to complete the walk.
We shall be taking on the challenge over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd July.
