Southsea firefighters summit 15 mountains in one day to raise over £1,000 for charity

By Freddie Webb
Published 13th Jul 2022, 18:34 BST
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now
FIREFIGHTERS from Southsea beat the challenge to summit multiple mountains in a single day for charity.

Personnel from Red Watch Southsea climbed 15 mountains in 24 hours on June 30.

This was to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity, by completing the Welsh 3000’s challenge.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad
Read More
Fire Fighter Charity helps Gosport colleague who suffered heart attack during gr...
Firefighters from Southsea Fire Station completed the The Welsh 3000 challenge and raised over £1,000 for charity. The walkers were Simon Haswell, Gareth Smith, Paul Rogers, Steve Winter, Paul Marine and Josh Barnes. The support crew were Al Smith and Ben Taylor. Picture: Southsea Fire Station.Firefighters from Southsea Fire Station completed the The Welsh 3000 challenge and raised over £1,000 for charity. The walkers were Simon Haswell, Gareth Smith, Paul Rogers, Steve Winter, Paul Marine and Josh Barnes. The support crew were Al Smith and Ben Taylor. Picture: Southsea Fire Station.
Firefighters from Southsea Fire Station completed the The Welsh 3000 challenge and raised over £1,000 for charity. The walkers were Simon Haswell, Gareth Smith, Paul Rogers, Steve Winter, Paul Marine and Josh Barnes. The support crew were Al Smith and Ben Taylor. Picture: Southsea Fire Station.

Eight crew members were tasked to reach the top of mountains in the Snowdon, Glyderau (Glyders) and Carneddau ranges – all of which are over 3000 ft.

They could not use transport to ascend them, and the test included negotiating the infamous Crib Goch Knife edge, on Snowdon.

The team started by climbing the peak of Snowdon, and finishing at Foel-fras.

Crew manager Simon Haswell said: ‘The hike was over lots of varying terrain and includes some scrambling and climbing.

Firefighters from Southsea Fire Station completed the The Welsh 3000 challenge and raised over £1,000 for charity. The walkers were Simon Haswell, Gareth Smith, Paul Rogers, Steve Winter, Paul Marine and Josh Barnes. The support crew were Al Smith and Ben Taylor. Picture: Southsea Fire Station.Firefighters from Southsea Fire Station completed the The Welsh 3000 challenge and raised over £1,000 for charity. The walkers were Simon Haswell, Gareth Smith, Paul Rogers, Steve Winter, Paul Marine and Josh Barnes. The support crew were Al Smith and Ben Taylor. Picture: Southsea Fire Station.
Firefighters from Southsea Fire Station completed the The Welsh 3000 challenge and raised over £1,000 for charity. The walkers were Simon Haswell, Gareth Smith, Paul Rogers, Steve Winter, Paul Marine and Josh Barnes. The support crew were Al Smith and Ben Taylor. Picture: Southsea Fire Station.

SEE ALSO: 'The system is broken' - motorbike rider hit by Emsworth van driver so drunk 'he could barely stand' on A32 left incredulous by 'lenient' sentence

‘We completed the challenge in 18 hours and 24 minutes.

‘There was another two hour walk back to our support vehicle at the car park.’

At this time, £1,142 has been raised.

You can donate to the fundraiser here.

Related topics:Southsea