Aaron Ramsey is hoping to scale his next Euro 2024 qualifying challenge before climbing the three highest peaks of Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours.
Wales skipper Ramsey will lead the Dragons into battle against Armenia and Turkey and then turn his attention to the National Three Peaks Challenge and ascending Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Yr Wyddfa on Wednesday.
The walking distance is 23 miles and total ascent 10,052 feet with a driving distance of 462 miles.
“I am fully focused on the Welsh games, but we get back and fly up to Scotland and start there first,” said Ramsey, who is embarking on the journey with 10 others to raise funds for the @its.neveryoucharity created in memory of six-year-old Hugh Menai-Davis who died from rhabdomyosarcoma in September 2021.
“The plan will be to do that and work our way down to Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa).
“It’s for a cause that’s really close to my heart as a good friend of mine lost his little one.
“So, I’ll be putting on my walking boots and trying to get my way up those mountains.
”Let’s just focus on these two games first, and get to the top of the table before the Three Peaks.”
Wales host Armenia in Cardiff on Friday before meeting Turkey in Samsun on Monday.
Rob Page’s side are looking to build on a promising start to the campaign in March when they took four points from two games, a 1-1 draw away to World Cup semi-finalists Croatia and a 1-0 home victory over Latvia.
Ramsey said: “We got off to a fantastic start after a difficult World Cup for many reasons.
“It was important for us to hit the ground running, away to Croatia. It has set us up quite nicely now and we’ve got some momentum going.
“But football can change very quickly and we’ve got to treat the Armenia game with respect.
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