“I’ve been supporting The Fire Fighters Charity for a long time. They are a great bunch of people all wanting to raise money for a very worthy cause. “This challenge has never been done before in this way to match the height of Kilimanjaro, and my team are 100 per cent dedicated to training and we even have a teammate giving online fitness training. Between that they will sandwich in Scafell Pike in England (978m) Ben Nevis in Scotland (1,345m) Slieve Donard in Northern Ireland (850m) and Carrauntoohil in the Republic of Ireland (1,038m).Ĭraig, who is also volunteering to help out ambulance crews during the pandemic, said: “This is going to be a hard few days! If we complete the challenge, we will have covered a distance of 74km and climbed a total of 6,168m, which is higher than Kilimanjaro. The team will both start and finish in Wales, beginning with Snowdon (1,085m) and ending four days later with Moel Siabod (872m). It will see them take on the highest peaks in each of the five countries of the British Isles. The 46-year-old, who is a facilities technician with the fire service, has brought together a team of seven who will take on the gruelling effort, which starts on September 16 and aims to raise £5,000 for the charity. A Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service worker will try and scale six of the highest mountains in the British Isles in just four days for The Fire Fighters Charity.Ĭraig Smith is taking on the 5+1 Peaks Challenge after his bid to climb Kilimanjaro in Tanzania was scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.