I write with reference to the article "Father aims for peak performance to help son" (The Argus, June 12).

Without wanting to steal any of Matt Woodhouse's thunder, in early July I am leading a team on the Six Peaks Challenge, raising money for Water Aid (a charity whose aim is to provide safe water, basic sanitation and hygiene education programmes in the developing world).

The challenge is to visit six summits (the highest peaks of six regions of the British Isles) in 72 hours. The summits in order of ascent are Snaefell (Isle of Man), Snowdon (Wales), Scafell Pike (England), Ben Nevis (Scotland), Slieve Donard (Ulster) and Corran Tuathail (Ireland). We will be travelling between locations by minibus.

My team, Blisters For Fun(ds), consists of four walkers and two drivers. We will walk 50 miles, ascend 20,000 feet in all, drive 1,000 miles and make two sea crossings, all in three days.

I led a team on the challenge in 2000 and we completed it with three minutes to spare. We plan to improve on that and are trying to raise £10,000. The average cost of a lifetime's supply of clean water and sanitation is just £10 a person.

I have been training intensively for the past few months. The problem with living in Brighton and working in London is there are no mountains to practise on. One of my training activities has been getting off the train at Hassocks and running the seven miles home over the South Downs - very inspiring. The following web site has more details of the challenge: http://www.wateraid.org.uk/update/events/6peaks.html

-Andy Bone, andy.bone@bamberforsyth.com