The five friends set off at 4.30am on Friday finishing 19 hours later at the summit of their seventh Munro.
The team -
Describing the adventure, which was complicated by the weather conditions, Chrisetta Mitchell said: “It was so tough, the toughest physical challenge I’ve ever undertaken.
“It was really quite scary in parts, when you were scrambling along a ridge at 3000 ft with sheer drops either side! But our guide Connor was fantastic and he kept us focused every step of the way.
“I think what we hadn’t fully appreciated was the number of summits we had to climb along the route – we were actually on 17 summits in total throughout the day with majority of Munro height ( over 3000 ft). After we reached our 6th Munro, a heavy mist had come down over the arete and Ben Nevis and Connor advised that we could not continue the route safely so we finished our challenge on another mountain of Munro height, Carn Dearg Meadhonach.”
She explained that the training walks led by Robert Sinclair were so helpful in preparing them but that nothing could ultimately prepare them for the 19 hours of endurance.”
So far £2,500 has been raised and the donation page is still open at www.justgiving.com/fundraising
Seven up for The Leanne Fund
12 July 2017
It was their toughest challenge yet but a hardy team of five ladies completed an epic adventure climbing seven Munros in less than 24 hours all in aid of The Leanne Fund.