On the 9th July 2010 Sarah, two young people, our Chair of Trustees and two of our supporters will be setting heading for Fort William to take part in the National Three Peaks Challenge, a mountain-endurance challenge in which participants attempt to climb the highest peaks of each of the island’s three countries.

Whilst the challenge has no official rules or time restrictions, many participants, our team included, will try  complete the challenge within 24 hours using motorised transport to travel between the mountains.

The mountains climbed, in order of elevation, are Ben Nevis in Western Scotland, 1,344 metres (4,409 ft), Snowdon in North Wales, 1,085 metres (3,560 ft), and Scafell Pike in North-Western England, 978 metres (3,209 ft). In all the challenge involves some 42 kilometres (26 mi) of ascent and descent, and a round trip of nearly 900 miles.

We will be leaving on Friday the 9th July and spending the night in Fort William before starting the clock at 5pm as the team leaves for the summit of Ben Nevis.  24 hours, and some 900 miles of driving later, the team hopes to be standing on the top of Snowdon in North Wales having climbed to the peak of Scafell pike on the way.

• Sponsor the team online here: http://dld.bz/3peaks-sponsor-us
• Track the team live here: http://3peaks.wirralyfc.org.uk/track/
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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/wyfc_3peaks
• Get 3 Peaks updates via SMS by texting follow WYFC_3Peaks to 86444 in the UK – charges apply

In between gatherings there will be a number of relevant tasks, book reviews and character studies to work on. Rob will also have a mentor to help him reflect on what is being learned and put it into practice in his own leadership.

“Youth for Christ’s Missional Leadership Scheme is a fantastic opportunity for young leaders to become our great leaders of the future. I highly recommend it to Christian men and women in their 20s who have the potential to change their communities, churches and our country through godly leadership”
~ Mike Pilivachi, Soul Survivor/Momentum