3 Peaks Sleep at Christmas for Centrepoint

On 22 December, 2017 extreme sleeping, wild camping adventurer and author Phoebe Smith set out to sleep the 3 Peaks - the highest mountains in Wales (Snowdon), England (Scafell Pike) and Scotland (Ben Nevis) - by herself on three consecutive nights.
She'd decided to give up her Christmas - no tree, no dinner, no bad TV and no time with the family. Instead choosing to Sleep the 3 Peaks to raise money for the homeless charity Centrepoint. She wanted to wake up on Christmas Day alone on the summit of the highest mountain in the UK so she could literally take the issue of homelessness to new heights.
Phoebe loves sleeping in wild places, but is very aware that she's privileged enough to do this for fun whereas many young people don't get the choice. Up to 16,000 people between 16-25 will be at risk of homelessness over Christmas through no fault of their own and during the festive season it's all too easy to get caught up in our own lives and forget these people. She hoped to change that. By giving up her Christmas she aimed to raise money to help young people get the choice to sleep rough for fun rather than necessity. Even if her actions helped just one person she decided it would be worth sacrificing the roast!
She ended up raising over £5,000 for the charity (over £7,000 including GiftAid) which is still increasing. Thank you all so much for your help and generous donations and messages of encouragement - Phoebe was utterly overwhelmed by everyone's kindness. And a big thank you also to Field Candy for providing the tent, Ordnance Survey for sending the maps and Visit Scotland for the wonderful hipflask! Finally a massive thank you to Brian Smith who leant Phoebe his car when her's failed and boosted her with moral support throughout.
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[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. You captured some beautiful sights despite what looked like some challenging conditions. Good job on the fundraising effort. I 'liked' your video and subscribed to your channel.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Superb effort and well done for raising so much. That view from Snowdon in the morning -superb ATB Murray

[@WanderWomanTV]

Thank you Murray x

[@wildyorkieoutdoors7271]

GREAT effort, we saw you on Ben Nevis on the Christmas day morning live on BBC1 breakfast and I thought GOOD on you doing this!!you full of SPIRIT and very brave doing this in full on winter conditions. massive RESPECT X

[@WanderWomanTV]

Thank you so so much! It was a pleasure to give up my Christmas to help others less fortunate not have to next year. x

[@robinsilvester5395]

Such a great video of an amazing challenge.I sat with amazement following your progress over Christmas and think what you achieved is just incredible.So so well done to you 😊🙏x

[@WanderWomanTV]

Thank you so much Robin :0)

[@WildCamper]

Sorry just seen the credit at end 😳cracking effort 👍

[@billygoatfilms7531]

What an amazing effort Phoebe, a brilliant attitude and I’m glad you made it safely down from each of the summits. However, you did write in one of your books that it’s total madness to rush up and down these three main peaks (Three Peaks Challenge), and it would be far better to do it via public transport. Still I know you did this for a charity and good on you, I’m donating today. Happy wild camping for 2018. ⛺️🏕🏔

[@WanderWomanTV]

LiveSimplyFilms Mountain Mike thanks Mike! Though given the time of year spending nearly 12hours in each mountain summit sleeping didn’t feel like a rush! More like a test of endurance in some harsh conditions! Don’t forget this took 3 nights and 4 days. Thanks MASSIVELY for your kind donation x

[@SU-452]

I did a sponsored drink beer and eat turkey over christmas. I raised a total of 1p for charity. It was a lot of hard work for so little money. V disappointed but I'll live with it I guess.