CARE 3 Peaks Challenge 2007 post-event report
CARE 3 Peaks Challenge 9 - 10 June 2007
Our third major event of the 2007 season, the CARE 3 Peaks Challenge, took place on the weekend of 9-10 June, raising a fantastic £75,000 for CARE International!
13 teams of intrepid professionals, recruited from a range of companies, pulled on their hiking boots and slapped on the sun cream in readiness for the gruelling challenge ahead of them: to scale the UK’s 3 highest peaks - Ben Nevis (1344m), Scafell Pike (978m) and Snowdon (1085m).
Teams then embarked on the long drive south towards the Lake District in readiness for their early Sunday morning ascent of mountain number two, Scafell Pike. A few hours stop for briefings at Southwaite Services saw team members scattered around the car park in sleeping bags, grabbing some sleep before the traditionally toughest part of the event - this being mainly due to the early start and damp conditions navigating the boulder field approaching the summit. However, once again, the teams were treated to blue skies and stunning views throughout the ascent – something that seems to be fairly rare at Scafell Pike on CARE’s Challenge events to date!
This left just one mountain, Snowdon in Wales. Despite the skies turning a little threatening in the afternoon, only a couple of rain drops fell to cool things down and the forecast thunder storms never materialised. Soon teams were filling up their water bottles once again for the last push.
At the post-event reception, teams were praised for their outstanding fundraising achievements. npower were the overall top fundraisers with a fantastic total pledged of £20,000. They were awarded with a commemorative framed picture of one of CARE’s overseas projects.
Very soon, blisters, sore knees and general fatigue were put aside as teams hit the dance floor until 3am!
2 teams completed the event in under 24 hours. Congratulations go to Xoserve Team 1 (Shelter) who completed the event in a fantastic 21 hours and 59 minutes. They were closely followed by Xoserve Team 2 (Business) who achieved an excellent 22 hours and 7 minutes, and npower Team 1 (Food) in 24 hours and 20 minutes.
CARE Challenge Fundraising Manager, Michele Evans, said:
“We’re thrilled with the fantastic fundraising total on this year’s CARE 3 Peaks Challenge. These funds will go a long way to helping CARE International continue our much-needed work in the countries where we operate. We’d like to say a huge thanks to all the teams that participated for their hard work and commitment over the preceding months. We look forward to seeing many of you back on the mountains next year with CARE Challenge.”
In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about CARE or our upcoming CARE Challenge Events.
Don’t forget you can relive those memorable moments from the weekend by ordering your team photos by visiting our photo gallery
CARE 3 Peaks Challenge 9 - 10th June 2007 Results
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Individual Team Times |
Total Time | ||||
| Team Name | Call-sign | Ben Nevis | Scafell | Snowdon | |
| Xoserve Team 1 | Shelter | 04:04 | 03:53 | 04:02 | 21:59 |
| Xoserve Team 2 | Business | 05:01 | 03:44 | 03:22 | 22:07 |
| Npower Team 1 | Food | 05:13 | 04:54 | 04:13 | 24:20 |
| National Grid Team 2 | Finance | 05:05 | 04:50 | 04:46 | 24:41 |
| ConocoPhillips | Market | 06:11 | 04:33 | 04:19 | 25:03 |
| Docklands Light Railway | India | 05:53 | 05:21 | 04:42 | 25:56 |
| Transport for London | Water | 06:47 | 04:50 | 05:01 | 26:38 |
| National Grid Team 1 | Trade | 05:39 | 05:26 | 05:50 | 26:55 |
| Npower Team 2 | Urban | 05:34 | 06:10 | 05:20 | 27:04 |
| National Grid Property | Justice | 06:44 | 06:04 | 05:53 | 28:01 |
| Macro4 | Education | 06:24 | 05:45 | 05:53 | 28:02 |
| Merlin Financial Consultants | Health | 06:53 | 06:10 | 05:28 | 28:31 |
| Auros | Farming | 06:10 | 06:51 | 05:40 | 28:41 |
