Walking, running and occasionally staggering before finally drinking a bottle of celebratory champagne on the summits of the highest mountains in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
This was the annual Four Peaks Challenge and two teams from the Leeds office of accountants and business advisers PKF raising nearly £20,000 for charity in an event organised by the Wooden Spoon Society charity which sees teams from across the UK in
a race to climb four mountains in 48 hours.
The teams were made up of Mark Lister, Jon Joyce, Craig Martin and Adam Robinson, all from corporate finance in PKF's Leeds office, along with clients Andy Hinton and Nick Wyatt, of Leeds-based private equity fund Ailsa3, and Paul Simmonds, chief executive of confectionery group Glisten.
Jubilant
The teams, basking under the name of 'B Listers', had to climb Ben Nevis, Helvellyn, Snowdon and Carantouhill, ascending a total of 14,000 feet, in order to complete the challenge.
"We had a great time and proved that being at the peak of physical fitness paid off for our teams," said a jubilant Jon Joyce."We would like to thank all our sponsors which has meant a very significant sum of money raised for charity."
Wooden Spoon is a charity that has in roots in rugby union but is now a national organisation supporting projects for the young and disadvantaged across the UK and Ireland. The charity has supported the refurbishment of the children's outpatients department at St James' University Hospital in Leeds.
