Actis manager completes Three Peaks Challenge in 23 hours and six minutes

An intrepid Actis insulation employee has conquered the three highest mountains in mainland Britain in June to raise money to help save the sight of one of his best friends.

Specification manager Dan Anson-Hart scaled Ben Nevis in Scotland, Snowdon in Wales and Scafell Pikes in England in the annual Three Peaks Challenge to help pay for a course of injections for his friend Tom Enright who faces going blind within six months without the treatment.

Tom has been suffering from diabetes for many years and has now developed aggressive diabetic retinopathy.

The event saw Dan and a group of university friends walk around 27 miles and ascend nearly 10,000 feet in just 23 hours and six minutes.

Dan, a former PE teacher and keen footballer and rugby player, who aimed to raise £2,500 towards the £700 a shot monthly treatment, said, before he set off: “Have you ever thought about losing your eyesight at a young age? Not being able to see the smile of your wife on your wedding day, or see your first-born child come in to the world? This is the terrifying reality one of our best friends is facing. Not a group of friends to watch when one of their own is struggling, we have agreed to this mighty challenge. We're five rotund, balding, middle-aged men so will need all of your support to keep us going! 

“I’ve climbed Helvellyn, not far from Scafell Pikes, several times over the years on holidays in the Lake District - once with my trusty Labrador Mylo, but I’ve never tackled Snowdon or Ben Nevis… So the thrill of conquering the new peaks combined with having to do it in record time and raising money towards vital medical treatment is going to make this a pretty amazing weekend.”

 Watch his vlog of the full challenge condensed into just six minutes.