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Five friends complete Britain's three highest peaks in less than a day
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- Published on Monday, 05 September 2016 12:16
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Simon Davies, Chris Clifford-Hirst, Steve Rhodes, Wayne Shaw and Chris Stiendorff completed the national 3 peaks challenge in 23 hours and 31 minutes. That's the highest peaks of Scotland, England and Wales all achieved in less than 24 hours! They raised £1,000 and are still raising fund: to support their efforts, visit Simon’s JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Simon-Davis8
Simon told us: ‘’It was a painful undertaking but my wife Kassy who sufferers with fibro is in pain 80% of the time so 24hrs seemed small in comparison. I hope we have raised awareness along the way along with rising funds. I would like to say a special thank you to Colin Rhodes, the Managing Director of Castle Fire Ltd for not only providing the support vehicle and the fuel but for giving up his own time and being a fantastic driver’’.
We would like to thank all 6 friends too!
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