Doug Scott
Ledgendry Mountaineer. First Britain to climb Mount Everest. Has climbed over 40 high altitude Peaks, half for the first time or by new routes, without artificial Oxygen, Alpine style. Started our Grasmere to Gretna leg in 2008.
http;//dougscottmountaineering.co.uk
Gervaise Phinn
Ex English Advisor/Schools Inspector North Yorkshire. Professor, best-selling author and raconteur.
Andy Reiss and David Fawcett
Stars of 'Beyond the Barricade' the UK's leading musical theatre concert.
Both have starred individually in leading West End musical shows.
Carol Malia
BBC Look North presenter since 1990. Avid fell walker and skier.
Alan Hinkes
Britains leading high-altituded climber and the first Britain to climb all the world's 8000m peaks.
Geoffrey Smith
BBC gardening expert. Chairman of Gardeners' Question Time.
Prolific best-selling gardening author.
Sadly Geoffrey died in early March, 2009. A tribute can be found by following the link fom the End to End 2009 page.
Richard Dunn
Boxer. British, Commonwealth and European Heavyweight Champion1976. Fought
Mohamed Ali, probably the most outstanding athlete of all time, who now suffers from Parkinson's Disease.
Chris Brown
North Yorkshire farmer, mountaineer and devoted charity worker. Motto - life is not a rehearsal. Has devoted his life to fund-raising for his schizophrenia foundation, through participation in extreme sports like mountaineering and long distance running. He is a seven peaks summitteer having climbed the highest peak in every continent around the world including Everest. He has run the Marathon des Sables a gruelling six days across the Sahara desert, The Trans Aq six marathons in six days, 240km of sand dunes down the French coast and has run the London Marathon almost every year since its start.
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