Iain Steele

These suits were made for walkin' (BDO team)

Fundraising for Wooden Spoon
£6,327
raised of £6,000 target
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Event: High Five Challenge, on 25 June 2015
Participants: Craig Martin, Iain Steele, Johnny Griffiths, John Walker (driver)
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From the 25th to the 27th June 2015, 4 of the potentially more insane members of the BDO Scotland team will be climbing the 5 peaks, situated throughout the U.K., in 55 gruelling hours. So that's:

 

Peak

Height

Snowdon (Wales)

3,560ft

Helvellyn (England)

3,120ft

Ben Nevis (Scotland)

4,409ft

Slieve Donard (Northern Ireland)

2,790ft

Carrauntoohil (Republic of Ireland)

3,406ft

Total

17,285ft

To put into scale the size of the task the team will climb a combined elevation of 17,285ft… that’s 5,268 metres or half a munro higher than Mont Blanc for those counting.


The challenge is to complete all climbs within 55 hours including all travel between the mountains – John will be the safe pair of hands speeding (not literally) the climbers to their next ascent.  That’s no mean feat in itself with approx. 990 miles to get from the start to the finish, an estimated another 22 hours of driving (roughly 4 - 6 hours between each peak) plus a ferry journey of between 2 and 3.5 hours (Stranraer – Belfast).


It’s going to be epic.  And probably smelly.  Please give as generously as you can to help us meet our fundraising target. We are supporting Wooden Spoon, the grant-making charity founded in 1983 and dedicated to making a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.


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Wooden Spoon

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Wooden Spoon is the children’s charity of rugby. Our vision is that through the power of rugby every child and young person across the UK & Ireland, no matter what their background has access to the same opportunities.

Donation summary

Total raised
£6,326.36
+ £761.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£3,633.36
Offline donations
£2,693.00

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