Thursday, 17 May 2012

5Peaks itinerary. Eeeek!

Itinerary 04 - 08 July 2012
The Heroes 5 Peaks Challenge crosses 4 national borders and one sea as participants take on Snowdon in Wales,

Scafell Pike in England, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Sleive Donard in Northern Ireland and Carrantuohill in Eire.

Wednesday 04 July

14:00 Registration opens at the Snowdon camp, we encourage you to join by public transport; shuttle buses from Betws-y-Coed train station will be running from 1300 onwards

17-19:00 You will be treated to a Heroes dinner and safety briefing to prepare you for the challenge ahead, before an early night.

Thursday 05 July

02:00 The challenge begins! An early start will see you pack up camp and board transport as you head to your 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 and the chance to get some sleep as you

prepare 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 our ferry crossing
15:00 Sail to Larne (Northern Ireland ), an hour rest to prepare for your 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 ( w ith the bar! ) 19:00 You celebration Heroes Dinner is served 

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