{"id":1690,"date":"2012-08-17T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1690"},"modified":"2012-08-17T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:53:53","slug":"over-11k-raised-for-help-for-heroes-by-charity-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/over-11k-raised-for-help-for-heroes-by-charity-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Over \u00a311k raised for Help for Heroes by charity hike"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some £11,275 has been raised for Help for Heroes thanks to the efforts of a team of 23 hikers.<\/p>\n
The group completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, which involves trekking 24 miles and taking in 5,000 ft of climbing in the Pennines, the Sun reports.<\/p>\n
Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough are the three peaks they had to conquer, while all of this had to be completed in 12 hours.<\/p>\n
Katie Gordon finished fastest of all the women taking part in ten hours and 40 minutes and said: "We knew it was going to be tough – just walking 24 miles would be difficult – but when you add in the peaks it's really something."<\/p>\n
She admitted the day after completing the challenge she was in agony, despite the fact she considers herself to be a fit person.<\/p>\n
However, Ms Gordon observed her pain is nothing compared to the struggles that many members of the armed forces go through everyday.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith
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Help for Heroes will receive over £11,000 from a group of charity hikers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"\n