Challenges
Below you’ll find different hiking and mountaineering challenges across the UK and abroad. Some of these I’ve completed such as the National 3 Peaks and some I’ve made a start on like The Wainwrights.
I’ve included some mental ones like the 14 peaks over 8000m, because why not? Only a good few hundred grand, balls of steel and peak athletic endurance and fitness to complete all of them :/
UK Hiking Challenges
Here are the more famous and popular UK & Ireland Hiking challenges. I’ll add more as I go but picking one of these will keep you busy for a while.
Click the challenge link for more details.
| Challenge | Summary | Completed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wainwrights | Get to the top of all 214 Wainwrights in The Lake District | |
| 2 | National 3 Peaks | Climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike & Snowdon within 24 hours | Yep |
| 3 | Yorkshire 3 Peaks | Climb Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside & Ingleborough in The Yorkshire Dales in 12 hours | Yep |
| 4 | Lakes 3000s | 4 Lake District Mountains above 3000ft in 24 hours | |
| 5 | Cairngorms 4000s | 4 Mountains above 4000ft in The Cairngorms | |
| 6 | The Munros | Get to the top of all 282 Scottish Munros | |
| 7 | P600 UK | UK & Ireland Mountains above 600m - 120 of them | |
| 8 | Welsh 3000s | 15 Mountains above 3000ft in Wales in 24 hours |
International Hiking & Mountaineering Challenges
Some of the more famous international hiking and mountaineering challenges are below.
There’ll be tons and tons more so feel free to suggest any.
Click the challenge link for more details.
| Challenge | Summary | Region | Completed? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Country High Points | Climb to the top of every country in the World, very unrealistic, don't think it's ever been done, will I do it? Doubt it, but I'll give it a whirl. | Worldwide | Pfft |
| 2 | Mount Everest | Literally the highest point of the world | Nepal/China | |
| 3 | The 14 8000m Peaks | Summit all 14 8000m peaks - madness | Nepal/China/India/Pakistan | |
| 4 | Seven Summits | Summit the 7 highest points on each continent | Worldwide | |
| 5 | Snow Leopard Challenge | Summit all 5 Mountains above 7000m in the former Soviet Union | Europe/Asia | |
| 6 | Everest Base Camp | 12-14 day trek across the Himalayas to Everest Base Camp | Nepal | |
| 7 | Tour Du Mont Blanc | Loop of the Mont Blanc Massif - 165km of trekking | France/Switzerland/Italy |