UPCOMING EVENT: Fei Sheehy Challenge 2017

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The Fei Sheehy Challenge will take place on the 18th, 19th, 20th August 2017 and pre-registration is open. If you log on to the website you can pre-register now. Numbers are limited and registration closes when it’s full or a month before the event, whichever comes first. There are also general guidelines, safety details and information on fitness and preparation on the website. Pre-registered participants can elect to do one, two or three days and the money raised is donated to charities and voluntary organisations.

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The event took place for the first time in 2014. It’s a three day, self-navigating, hill walking challenge to ‘cross’ the Comeragh, Galty and Knockmealdown mountain ranges on successive days. The cumulative distance and height gain/descent, over the three days, is in the region of 95km and 4,200m. 
 
To date, challenge hill walkers have travelled from all around the Country to participate and we’ve raised about €28,000 in funds.
 
There is also a perpetual cup on offer for any Hill Walking Club that is interested in taking on this challenge. Points are awarded for each day that a walker completes. It’s not about time or speed, it’s about finishing. Clubs will have walkers that can do one day, two days or the three - it’s up to the individual.

You are notified in advance of where the registration is each day and your car is left here. We then transport you to the walk start and you make your way back, across the mountains, to your car and sign-out.

Dates for your diary:

• 18th, 19th & 20th August 2017

Event links:

• The official event website
• The 2016 event report

Associated Gribbon locations:

• Galtymore Mountain (918m)
• Knockmealdown (793m)

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This article was contributed by Gerard Sheehy
(organiser of the Fei Sheehy Challenge)