10 in 2010 charity event!

[davejc]

Hello everyone,

Don't think I know very many of you, but you may remember me as the guy who worked with Shug in Buchanan Galleries back in the good old days of AMP3 Glasgow!! I've also helped out at a few of the AMP3 Trackdays!

Myself and a few of my friends are taking on a pretty massive challenge in June this year, we're planning to climb the top 10 mountains in the UK (all conveniently located in Scotland!) not content with simply walking we're adding a twist to the challenge... We're going to cycle between the three different locations, Aviemore to Fort William, and then Fort William to Killin, so all in we'll be walking for 60 miles, cycling for 135 miles, and climbing over 8850m (thats just higher than mount Everest!)

Why? We're supporting the local Beatson Institute for Cancer Reasearch, a fantastic charity at the forefront of cancer research!

I really hope you will all support myself in this challenge, its going to be a total slog, but knowing we're doing it for such a good cause will pull us through it!

the address for the site is http://www.justgiving.com/10in2010

Thanks in advance!

Dave

[Shug]

Cracking effort mate - will deffo be up for donating.

[Dominic]

Cracking effort mate - will deffo be up for donating.

[Andy G]

[Stumpy Nugget]

Do you have a time limit to complete this? 1 day? 1 week?

[Shug]

From conversations offlist, I think it's six days - Dave being the thorough chap he is, forgot to add that in his post...

[davejc]

Doh! Yea we are planning to finish it in 6 days! It really is going to be hard work

[Stumpy Nugget]

So thats the following hils, all your kit on the back of a bike..? Or are you cheating and taking support vehicles...

1 Ben Nevis 1344
2 Ben Macdui 1309
3 Braeriach 1296
4 Cairn Toul 1291
5 Sgor an Lochain Uaine 1258
6 Cairn Gorm 1244
7 Aonach Beag 1234
8 Càrn Mor Dearg 1223
9 Aonach Mòr 1221
10 Ben Lawers 1214

Its a good challenge....will donate something... If you walk the munros in your cycling shoes then I would donate more... good luck.

[davejc]

So thats the following hils, all your kit on the back of a bike..? Or are you cheating and taking support vehicles...

1 Ben Nevis 1344
2 Ben Macdui 1309
3 Braeriach 1296
4 Cairn Toul 1291
5 Sgor an Lochain Uaine 1258
6 Cairn Gorm 1244
7 Aonach Beag 1234
8 Càrn Mor Dearg 1223
9 Aonach Mòr 1221
10 Ben Lawers 1214

Its a good challenge....will donate something... If you walk the munros in your cycling shoes then I would donate more... good luck.

Thats them, the justgiving site gives a nice and dramatic explanation of the planned trip!, we're hoping to have a support vehicle, its not cheating as such, just less likely to die after 10miles with 6days kit on your back!

and if i wasn't too worried about destroying my already knackered ankles I'd take you up on that challenge haha!

[Dominic]

Donation coming your way

[davejc]

Thanks Dom!!!

We've literally just busted £5k!!!

hoping to try and make £6k now!

I'm well and truly over the moon though!!!!

[Dominic]

Off to double check how much I donated..... thought your were just below £4K when I went to donate...

[davejc]

we were!!!

we did a fundraiser in the house of Fraser on Saturday and raised £1290 well pleased!!!

means so much that we've got this far!!

[Andy G]