[mick hay]

Im off to do the Help for Heroes 5 peaks challenge today which entails climbing Snowdon, Scafell, Ben Nevis, Slieve Donnard (Nth Ireland) and Carrantouhill (sth Ireland) all in 55 hours including travelling! so wish me luck......

Any sponsorship thankfully recieved, just give the price of a pint if times are hard 

www.bmycharity.com/5peakchallenge

heres the itinery!!

Thursday 05 July
02:00 An early start will see you pack up camp and board transport as you head to the first peak.
03:30 Transfer shuttles start to Pen-y-Pass
04:00 Snowdon Climb, Wales (3,560ft or 1,085m)
08:30 Transfers to Scafell Pike Seathwaite Base Camp via coaches
13:30 Scafell Pike Climb, England (3,209ft or 978m)
19:00 Transfers to Ben Nevis Base Camp via coaches for the highest peak of this challenge.
Friday 06 July
02:00 Hot food, kit check and safety brief
02:30 Ben Nevis Climb, Scotland (4,409ft or 1,344m)
08:30 Transfer to Cairnryan to catch the Ferry
14:00 Arrive Cainryan to check in for ferry crossing
15:00 Sail to Larne (Northern Ireland), an hour rest to prepare for the first Irish Peak.
16:00 Dock at Larne
16:30 Transfer to Slieve Donnard Base Camp via coaches
18:30 Hot food break
19:00 Slieve Donnard Climb, Northern Ireland (2,789ft or 849m)
Saturday 07 July
00:30 Transfer to Carrantuohill Base Camp (the last mountain!!)
07:30 Breakfast break
08:00 Carrantuohill Climb, Republic of Ireland (3,406ft or 1,038m)
11:00 Summit Carrantuohill – Heroes 5 Peaks Done!
13:30 Arrive back into Carrantuohill car park
14:00 Arrive at the tented village (with the bar!)
19:00 Celebration Heroes Dinner is served

[Frankybadboy]

go luck mick and enjoy

[Banbury Window Cleaning]

Good luck mate!!

[simonr]

'help for killers who got hurt' not my bag but best of luck to you sounds likea good walking holiday

crawl back under your stone , slug

[Blue Frog Systems]

Good luck mick

[mick hay]

'help for killers who got hurt' not my bag but best of luck to you sounds likea good walking holiday

Dont mind the sarcastic "walking holiday" comment, but you have just insulted every grieving mother father daughter son who lost a son/daughter in the war!

The troops are slaves to the government, so blame them and go get a spine!!

[Window Washers]

'help for killers who got hurt' not my bag but best of luck to you sounds likea good walking holiday

you have just insulted every grieving mother father daughter son who lost a son/daughter in the war!

The troops are slaves to the government, so blame them and go get a spine!!

totally agree post is in very poor taste.

Good Luck Mick, do us all proud 

[gary999]

'help for killers who got hurt' not my bag but best of luck to you sounds likea good walking holiday

mmmmm1 everybody is entitled to an opinion

mine is that you are a pr**k

[George P]

goodluck mate,

[simonr]

donation made!

[mick hay]

donation made!

Many thanks, its much appreciated 

[Ian Sheppard]

Good Luck Mick I hope the weather holds for you.

Ian

[mick hay]

Good Luck Mick I hope the weather holds for you.

Ian

Many thanks for the donation Ian 

I dont hold much hope for the weather, ive packed for all seasons!!...lol

[G Griffin]

'help for killers who got hurt' not my bag but best of luck to you sounds likea good walking holiday

But being "killers" isn't always avoidable, so they deserve some help. Perhaps the conflicts would be better solved diplomatically and I'm sure you could teach everyone about that  .

Good luck, Mick.

[SunShineCleaning]

Whatever a persons political view is really shouldn't come into it.

You can choose to give to a charity or not.

All the best Mick, what you are doing is self sacrificing and generous.

Some people give to society, some just watch and complain.

[Ian Sheppard]

Good Luck Mick I hope the weather holds for you.

Ian

Many thanks for the donation Ian 

I dont hold much hope for the weather, ive packed for all seasons!!...lol

Your welcome - as for the weather those Met chaps have been known to get in wrong Friday looks a bit interesting to be on top of a peak. Take care and hope all goes well

[MWC]

Good luck pal, gonna be a tough one

[dmlservices]

Good luck mate , for a very worthy cause to, I do quite a bit of hill/ mountain walking myself, so I have some idea of how hard it must be, the 3 peaks challenge is hard enough, but 5 peaks , I take my hat of to you.

Daz

[mick hay]

well, all done and finished. We lost a few people due to injuries, one fella collapsed and had a seizure, hes ok now tho thank god!!

I lost both big toe nails, had to have them both punctured with needles to release the blood, was instant relief from the pain, and have some muscle injury to the legs, they've swollen up like balloons..lol

Hardest thing ive ever done, but worth it, thanks for the nice comments lads 

[Tom White]

Well done, mick; are you back to work tomorrow?