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Friends’ peak performance raises funds for good cause By Matthew Brown A GROUP of hardy Basingstoke school friends have completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge – all without any training between them. Alistair Brown trekked up the three highest mountains in the UK with 10 pals in 30 hours. The group, most of whom know each other from Richard Aldworth School and Kempshott Junior School, took park in the challenge that involves scaling Mount Snowdon in Wales (1,085 metres), Scafell Pike in England (978m) and Ben Nevis in Scotland (1,345m), in aid of Sebastian’s Action Trust. Unfortunately extreme weather conditions on Ben Nevis, traffic and some injuries prevented the lads from completing it within their 24 hour goal, but they still wrapped it up in an impressive 30 hours. It is even more spectacular as they had not done a single bit of training between them. “It was mentally and physically gruelling and by far the most difficult thing any of us have ever done,â€? said Alistair. “Our bodies are in absolute bits!â€? “All of us are extremely proud of ourselves for accepting and completing this challenge and what makes it even more worth the while was that we managed to raise ÂŁ1,540 which is astonishing,â€? Alistair added. “I would like to take this oppor-
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tunity to thank everyone again for making their generous donations.� Alongside Alistair were Alex Pickering, Adam Pickering, Tony Pickering, James Horsfield, Robbie Wearing (organiser), Ben Barham, Darren Barham, Chris Jones, Aidy
Smith and Mark Adams. The lads decided to do the Three Peaks to fundraise for Sebastian’s Action Trust, which offers help to families of seriously-ill children. The family of a friend who passed away last year had always supported
the Trust and Alistair and friends decided that they would continue that support. A spokeswoman for Sebastian’s Action Trust said: “All of us at the Trust are so grateful to Alistair and his friends for undertaking such an
amazing challenge. “We carry out our work supporting families of seriously ill children without a penny of government funding, so fundraising endeavours like this really do make a big difference to us and to our families.�
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