The UK National Three Peaks Challenge, but better: an alternative approach to the classic undertaking

Three Peaks Challenge: Alex with Ben Nevis behind

It’s 2:50am, I’ve had virtually no sleep and I’m sat in a van at the foot of Ben Nevis, the British Isles’ highest mountain. Ahead of me – and my fellow mountain goats Tom and Sam – is a big, committing route that's testing on a normal day, let alone on no sleep and having already climbed both Wales’ and England’s highest mountains in the previous 17 hours.

The UK National Three Peaks Challenge