Eight staff members from the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) and FUW Insurance Service are embarking on a 24-hour challenge to tackle the Welsh 3000s – 15 mountains that have a height of 3,000ft or more.
The team will set out on the 50km journey tomorrow (Thursday, July 6) with the aim of raising funds for the DPJ Foundation, a mental health charity in Wales that supports those in the agriculture sector.
Commenting before they begin, team leader Emyr Wyn Davies, FUW senior county executive officer, said:
“This is going to challenge us in so many ways – mentally and physically of course.
“However, we want to give our fundraising efforts for the DPJ Foundation one absolute giant push and break the £50,000 barrier.
“The work the DPJ Foundation does every day for our farming and rural communities is immense. They save lives every single day and we want to make sure that they can continue to do that.”
The climb itself, which involves nearly 3,700km of elevation gain, will be split into three sections.
The team will be by tackling Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) – the highest mountain in Wales. They will begin using the PYG track before ascending Crib Goch and its knife-edged ridge, which will take them to the first summit of the day.
They will continue through Garnedd Ugain before descending steep hillsides to reach the first checkpoint at Nant Peris.
The second section will see them climb up to Elidir Fawr, go up and down over Y Garn, Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach and Tryfan, before the steep descent to the Ogwen Valley, and their second checkpoint.
In the last section the team will go up up to Pen Yr Ole Wen, to Carnedd Dafydd, and then deviate to Yr Elen, which will take them back onto the main ridgeline and up to Carnedd Llewelyn.
After this they will hit Foel Grach, Carnedd Gwenllian and finish at Foel Fras – after which they begin their descent back down, which will take an hour and a half.
