In just 5 weeks, on 23 June, DTE Business Advisers will take on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge!
Members of DTE will hike the 24 miles that encompass the 3 major peaks of the Yorkshire Dales; Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, setting themselves the tough goal to finish in under 12 hours!
But they’re not only doing this to test themselves, or for the spectacular scenery, the main reason is to raise money for the incredible, MacMillan Cancer Support.
The DTE team is led by Liam Hignett, Audit Executive, and consists of Jake Noble, Audit Manager, Charlie Nicholson, Lewis Holt and Reece Kelley, Audit Executives, and Lewis Turner, Accounts Senior.
To get ready for the big event, they have had 5 training walks, with another 2 to go. Initially, easing into it with 5 miles, increasing to 13.3 miles over the last week. The teams most recent walk was up Scafell Pike, which is the highest and most prominent mountain in England.
As typical with the British weather, they have also had to brave the wind, rain and fog!
Liam commented, “We are all really looking forward to the main walk, and the training walks have been a good laugh so far. Scafell Pike has been my favourite, mainly for the views of the Lake District but it was also the toughest challenge, by far. It took me a good few days to recover!
“The main thing I’ve learnt from this experience is that it’s actually tougher coming down a mountain than it is going up - I would never have believed that before we started training.
”If you would like to show your support and help encourage me and the team, you can donate at the link below:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-hignett-1705273815868.”