Just goes to prove that Liberte are an independent lot... a few decided to get together and climb a mountain - just for fun!
It was the brainchild of PT GT, formed from a backhanded joke about the 3 peak challenge, which started a few members to think it would indeed be ‘fun’ to climb a mountain.
So on a bright and surprisingly warm November morning, following a bacon butty extravaganza cooked by PT turned Personal Chef, GT, an intrepid 11 set out at the base of the Pyg Track, to return on the miners trail. An ascent of 3,560 feet (1085 metres).
Storming up in front was Papillon Luck and Dan Claxton who got to the top in 1 hours and 40 minutes, closely following by Gareth Thomas, Liz Best, Emma Hunter and Claire Francis.
Tara Cross, Lucy Carter and Helen Kroon followed, with Alison Hall and Andrew Foulger chasing their heels.
Not an official ‘Liberte’ outing (can anyone else think of anything more hellish than writing a risk assessment on mountain climbing..??!!) but goes to show what liberte members can do, after attending a few sessions, and some encouragement from their instructors.
An added huge bonus to the weekend was that new cross-park friendships have been formed, and visits to different park sessions have been planned to see ‘what the other lot’ get up to (with a dash of who is tougher thrown in for good measure).
So – have YOU ever done it on a mountain?.....
As if that wasn’t enough for Paps, rumour has it she’s trying to drum up interest for the Snowdonia Marathon www.snowdoniamarathon.co.uk or the Snowdonia Slateman Triathlon www.snowdoniaslateman.com. Anyone fancy it?
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