Walk Up A Very Windy Ben - Cancer Research UK

We walked on our first snow at 1000m altitude, then it was soon winter conditions to the top, with frequent white outs.

Today I met up with John McVey and his team finishing off their 3 Peaks Challenge, walking to raise money for Cancer Research UK - John, Daniel, Katie, David, Andy, Stacy, Peter, Arwel, Mathew, Colin, Philip and Andrew. Today Ben Nevis was the last of their 3 Mountains, but they looked fresh and keen when Chris dropped them off this morning. We set off at good speed onto a dry but slightly windy lower mountain. The first snow affected the path at 1000m. The upper plateau was in winter condition with deep snow, whiteouts and a driving NE wind. The worst wind we encountered was in the last 100m push to the summit. I nearly turned the team around at 90m to go, but decided to go on. Congratulations to the entire team for battling with the last 90m, holding Katie down to the ground, for completing their 3 peak challenge and for raising money for Cancer Research UK.

Check out their blog here -  3 Peaks challenge 2013 for Cancer Research

With a stirling effort from the determined team we all made it to the top of Ben Nevis.

The snow level was up to the trig point platform