The Three Peaks from a unique Perspective! - Part 4

We reached Pen-Y-Fan (I'm not sure what time it was, but it was definitely dark and definitely cold, but at least it wasn't wet, though I think it might have been around 10:45 PM) and we got our final kit together and proceeded to climb the Pen-Y-Fan we have all come to know and love over the last few months as part of our training sessions, though it was a very different experience in the near pitch black with head torches on.

We climbed to the top of Pen-Y-Fan and arrived about 12:20 AM and assembled to take photographs (not that they would come out very well, given how dark it was) and it was near impossible to get any photos of what views there were as we could not see much and the camera would not pick up much, though of the 7 photos I took, I caught a head torch, the Pen-Y-Fan Summit stone (Yay I made it the last few furlongs and got to touch a summit stone, woo hoo), photo's of some of the team members (tired as I was I bet) and a very dark photo showing the distant glimmering lights of Brecon town.

In good but exhausted spirits, we descended the mountain again, to finish the challenge and made it down about 2:00 AM, where we stowed all our gear into the minibus and made our way home.
A good time was had by all, as whilst it was individually a personal challenge for all concerned, it was also a team event and everyone in my opinion did a fantastic job and team spirit and individual strength and courage was present across all 3 peaks.

I have tried to document this as my personal journey, as other team members may want to share their story(stories) and all I will say is thank you to the 9 other team members (I also count as my work colleagues and friends) and thank each and every one (and Ann Davies for driving us around the 3 peaks and North and South Wales mountains, given the nearest I have ever been to North Wales is Chester/Cheshire and Aberystwyth).

I was able to rely on them all for moral support and without them (and Ibuprofen tablets and gel for some parts later on), it would have been a more difficult challenge to face (and not half as enjoyable).
So, to finish, I have two things to say, keep calm and thanks for reading and "Gulley", which I'm sure Emma will not want to hear again (I kept calling it to aid those behind me coming down Pen-Y-Fan, even when I was the last person at the back!!!).
Thats all folks.......

PS thanks a million for all the donations, they will be put to good use by Tenovus Cancer Care I'm sure and there's still going to be time to sponsor us as we will keep the justgiving site and the blog open for a few more weeks yet.

https://www.justgiving.com/laa-threepeaks

 

Thank you to Stuart for telling his story!

Stuart Evans.