COINS 3 Peaks Challenge Blog

Have you completed the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge several times?  Are you interested in a new challenge?  Why not take a look at the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge in the USA!  The event involves climbing three of New England’s highest peaks in a 24-hour period: Mount Mansfield in Vermont, Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, and Whiteface Mountain in New York.

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Let us know what you think of our newsest Industry challenge  ….

Rocky plateau on summit of Mount Monadnock

Tony Ryan, Principal, Brunel College, Leigh Academy learned about the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge through his brother Brendon who had taken part in a previous year as part of a Lovell team and became a record fund raiser.  Tony embracing the idea set out to give students of the Leigh Academy the opportunity to take on this immense challenge. 

Following a process to select the most suitable students the team set about training and fundraising with some gusto and finally on Saturday 9th May faced the physical challenge.  Led by Claire Greenwood a qualified mountain leader from the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge Team, the group including Tony Ryan, Megan West, Vice Principle, Tasha Dent  and Jake Etheridge  6^th form students set out to master the lethal combination of a physical challenge with sleep deprivation.

The courageous team completed the challenge in 26 hrs : 13 mins with the help of their support crew Claire Stone, Head of Maths and Alison Holmes, Science Teacher  and have raised a magnificent £7,500 for projects of the COINS Foundation.

I know the whole team found this a very rewarding experience, good to hear what they thought about the experience.

We’d also be interested to hear the thoughts of parents, teachers, other 3 peakers on the value this type of challenge can offer students?

Leave a comment and share your thoughts or just your congratulations!

Very well done from everyone at COINS for your tremendous achievements team Leigh Academy.

Ready to go!

A group of twelve students from Stepping Stones School arrived in Llanberis, Snowdon last Sunday.  Every single one of them boarded the mountain train headed for the top.  They disembarked the train into unfamiliar territory, the rocky terrain only a few hundred meters below the summit of the mighty Snowdon.  Supported by teachers and volunteers and guided by mountain leader Mark Ward they proceeded to climb up one of the toughest sections of the mountain  - the part most of the 3 peakers complain about! 

Safely back down I wonder what they all thought of their first experience on Snowdon and what the 3 peakers, including two teams of teachers and parents,  thought about meeting the children in the mountains?

Why don’t you leave a comment and share your thoughts?

Stepping Stones Students get ready to board mountain train ...

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Well done from everyone at COINS to:

Rupert Effenberg

Joe Johnson

Mary Reeve

Mikhaila Ronaasen

Ola Morgan

David Parker

Ebere Okure

Ieuan Lewis

Amie Humphries

Ryan Shore

Joseph Shaw

Jessica Young

So, what did you all think?

Was it a tough year all round - from raising money in a challenging economic climate to climbing mountains in the snow!  My view is that it just seemed to make the challenge even more rewarding for teams and despite the obstacles altogether the construction industry has pledged more than £260,000! 

Really like to hear what you think about getting a team together, fundraising and taking part this year …   Ben Nevis in the snow, Scafell at the crack of dawn, Snowdon when you really need a lie down, that final stretch of tarmac, the views, the finish line, the first beer and that well earned hog roast.  Hearing  firsthand about the projects of the COINS Foundation, the difference it will actually make to people - where every penny you raise will be spent.

What were your worst and best moments of the event … and have you recovered enough to sign up for more?

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