Pyramid Challenge: Part I

Yesterday we made a start on our fundraising challenge -climbing 5700ft to match the combined height of Egypt’s 30 famous pyramids.

We took advantage of a sunny day and headed to the Campsie Fells- a hill range just outside Glasgow with spectacular views and some great walking routes. Our target: Earl’s Seat, height: 1800ft.

This is Guy’s neck of the woods, so he led the way whilst Anna, Michael and I followed behind. Check him out, looking all professional! Michael took a more casual approach to the ordeal…

 

Guy and Michael

Of course, the weather was as unpredictable as always! 30 minutes in and we were being battered with hail and wind. Michael’s shorts and trainers were not so ideal after all, but he soldiered on - wet feet and all!

When the sun did come out, the views were quite lovely and we could see all of Glasgow to the East and beautiful Loch Lomond to the North.

 

Loch Lomond View

 We found a not-so-effective shelter for our lunch break and after we had refuelled it was hats and scarfs on to start the second stretch.

 

The wind!

 

soldiering on

After some pretty steep climbs, crossing exposed moorland and jumping over swamps, we reached the highest point! We didn’t stick around for long though, the wind was so strong we could hardly hear each other speak! A quick photo and we ran off to start our journey back.

  

Our climb from start to finish lasted 5 hours.  Although it wasn’t a very high climb, we covered around 13k and it was a great warm up to our next climb to bag another few thousand feet. The more we climb the closer we get to our target and our goal of raising money for our expedition funds! 3900ft to go!

Help us raise as much money as possible, donate at our website www.gu-egypt-expedition.co.uk

Jen