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4 Peaks Scuba Challenge |
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Written by Peter Burgess
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Monday, 27 February 2012 |
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Our challenge will be to dive the four highest above sea level dive-able bodies of water in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a continuous 48 hour period on the 6th and 7th October 2012.
This challenge has never been attempted before and is a considerable physical endeavour. The divers will be required to carry all the equipment they need to dive each lake without assistance, a total of 50-60 Kilometres and a total climb of 2,929 Metres and travel between each lake within a 48 hour period.
We will start our challenge in Northern Ireland where we will dive Lough Atona (475 Metres) which is not only the highest lake in the province but also the most remote. From here we will travel to the Cairngorm Mountain range in Scotland and dive Loch Coire An Lochain (996 Metres) which is 13Kilometres from the nearest road. Next is Red Tarn (718 Metres) on the eastern side of Helvellyn in the Lake District. Finally we will travel to Ffynnon Lloer (650 Metres) in Snowdonia.
 4 Peaks Scuba Challenge - Will you support them?
We have created a Website on which all the details of the challenge have been posted and which is constantly being updated with our training progress, our media exposure and our generous sponsors. The website can be found at www.4peaksscubachallenge.co.uk
We can also be followed on Facebook (Help for heroes 4 peak diving challenge) and on Twitter (4_peaks_diving)
Thank you for taking the time to read about our challenge. We look forward to welcoming you to the team.
Warmest regards
Shane Farnham.
Thank you,
4 Peaks Scuba Challenge: www.4peaksscubachallenge.co.uk |
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