Dan lights way to the top in the National Three Peaks Challenge

Daniilas Galickis and a bunch of workmates found snow in Britain in the late spring – but they had to go out and look for it!

They took on the National Three Peaks Challenge earlier this month to raise money for the ME Association, and found themselves trudging through snow to the top of Ben Nevis.

Dan has just sent over a broodingly good photo taken through the clouds as the sun was setting. His group was climbing up to the 1,085m summit of Britain’s highest mountain.

“Ben Nevis has snow for most of the year at the peak”, said Dan, who added that the most tiring part was not the climbing but the driving between the three mountains – including Scafell Pike in England (978m) and Snowden (1085m) in Wales.

To qualify for completion of the challenge, all peaks have to be reached within 24 hours, there’s 23 miles to be walked and the total climb is 3,064m. That’s 10,052ft in old money!

“The mountains themselves we found were fairly easy, no problems. What we found really difficult was the driving between destinations. Although we took it in turns, it’s very tiring driving for so many hours, which could be just a little bit dangerous.”

Dan set up the challenge because his partner, Adele – who has done some volunteering for the ME Association in the past – has had ME for eight years now. She had to give up work to be able to make the most of her life.

Dan told supporters on his fundraising page, which is now closed:

“This cause means so much to me. The money raised will help fund research into finding the cause and treatment for this series, long-term, debilitating illness.”