The Forbes family are taking on the 3 Peaks Challenge in 24 hours – climbing mountains and chasing milestones to raise money for Hatherop Primary’s Big Build and Farmor’s new Astro pitch… with 8-year-old Heidi aiming to be the youngest girl to ever do it!
We’re the Forbes family and we’ve set ourselves a proper challenge – climbing the three highest peaks in the UK (Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, and Snowdon) in just 24 hours! Yep, that’s a lot of driving, hiking, sore legs and probably a few blisters… all in aid of two brilliant local causes.
We’re raising money for Hatherop Primary School’s Big Build, helping give our village kids the learning space they deserve, and Farmor’s School’s new Astro pitch, so students can play sport all year round, whatever the weather throws at them.
What makes this challenge extra special? Our youngest team member, Heidi (age 8), is on a mission to become the youngest girl to complete the challenge in 24 hours. She’s small, but mighty – and determined to summit all three peaks with the rest of us!
We’d love your support – every penny helps us up those mountains and towards our fundraising goal. Thank you!
Event Update
We did it!
We started our climb of Ben Nevis at 4pm on Friday afternoon. The kids set a storming pace and we summited after just 2 hours and 2 minutes! We then headed down as quickly as possible, jumped in the car and drove through the night down to Scarfell Pike in England. Arriving at 2:30am we made our way up in the dark. Despite being the shortest climb it was tough going and oh so steep! We made it to the top at dawn, though the wind and cloud meant we couldn't appreciate the beautiful Lake District until half way down. With no time to rest we jumped straight back into the car for the final drive to Wales. The weather took a turn for the worse en route and we climbed Snowdon in the wind and rain - which was pretty unpleasant with our tired legs! It was long and gruelling but it was smiles all round when we finished in 22 hours and 23 minutes!
THANK YOU so much to everyone who has donated, we really appreciate it!!
Ben Nevis (still feeling pretty good)
Scarfell Pike
Snowdon
Smiles all round at the finish!
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