The ridiculous UK 3 Peaks Challege - Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike & Snowdon in 24 hours
July 9th 2011 I've never really hiked mountains before, but one of the guys in the office thought it would be good to get a team of 4 together to do the 3 peaks challenge - which involves hiking the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales within a 24 hour period, including driving between the mountains (and they are somewhat epic drives). I'd been curious to see that part of the UK, and foolish
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more 
