Alex Scott and Vicky Pattison share their first bonding moment to fight the cold during Comic Relief arctic adventure on The One Show
Vicky Pattinson and Alex Scott shared their hilarious team-up moment during Comic Relief’s coldest challenge ever – which involved a toe and an armpit.
The two women, along with Laura Whitmore and Sara Davies, took on the Snow Going Back challenge on February 19, trekking 50km across the Arctic Circle over four days.
The four women ventured across the icy terrain, which is usually a training ground for British Special Forces, and walked, fat biked and even skied to reach their goal.
Although the ‘grueling’ task was no mean feat, the sports expert, 39, and TV personality, 36, revealed there were some hysterical team-building moments along the way.
Discussing how the four worked together, Vicky hilariously joked: ‘Within 24 minutes of being there I had Alex’s toe in my armpit.’
Vicky Pattinson and Alex Scott were all smiles as they discussed their hilarious team bonding moment during Comic Relief’s coldest ever challenge on The One Show on Tuesday
Just 24 minutes into their Snow Going Back fundraiser, which saw them trek 50km across the Arctic Circle in four days, Alex had her toe in Vicky’s armpit (left to right: Laura Whitmore, Sara Davies, Alex Scott and Vicky Pattison)
The giggling sports presenter chimed in: ‘This is how you stay warm because – because it’s so cold – you can potentially lose your fingers and toes.
“So you really have to be a team and help each other through it, so that was our first bonding moment.”
Chatting about the first all-female Comic Relief challenge, the pair told One Show hosts Lauren Laverne and Jermaine Jenas that everyone did their bit to get across the finish line.
Alex talked about how the team spirit pulled them through the tough journey and at one point carried her teammates’ supplies to lighten the load.
“I think at that moment I thought, OK, I know I’m physically strong, so I can carry some of the burden now,” the host said.
She explained that Sara and Vicky kept morale high in the camp, adding: “We all had different strengths.”
“Everyone pulled through at all different times and I think it was so inspiring to be part of this group.
“We all know we’re doing it for the greater good, and no one slacked off. Actually, we were all trying to do more for each other.’
Alex (right) explained: ‘This is how you stay warm because you could potentially lose your fingers and toes because it’s so cold.’
Speaking to Lauren Laverne and Jermaine Jenas (pictured), Vicky said the sports commentator was ‘so humble’ and described her as a ‘weapon’
At one point, the sports expert, 39, shouldered the burden of her teammates to lighten the load
Vicky added: ‘She’s a real weapon, she’s so humble. The way she pulled those sleds some days, without her I don’t know if we would have gotten through it.”
Drawing on everyone’s strengths, the ex-Geordie Shore star said: ‘Laura was our mother, she was caring, she said ‘how many layers are you wearing?’
“Sarah was the morale. You can’t be around Sara Davies, you know, and like I said, she (Alex) was a total weapon.
Vicky jokingly joked: ‘I was a winge’
“Absolutely not, your personality, you’re fun,” said the sports expert, who described Vicky as the “ultimate team player.”
“You kept morale high and I actually can’t wait for everyone to see that in the documentary.”
Some of the money raised during their treacherous challenge will go to charities such as Hebburn Helps Foodbank in South Tyneside – not far from where Vicky is from.
The reality TV star revealed she learned some harrowing statistics while visiting the food bank a stone’s throw from her home, a day before embarking on the icy adventure.
“Three in four people who visit food banks will be women and that’s because 65 percent of household chores are always done by women,” she said.
‘Raising children, taking care of a household: it has traditionally been women’s work, so all the pressure falls on them.
“So not only were we the first ever all-women Comic Relief challenge, we were girls doing it for girls and that felt really important.”
Snow Going Back Comic Relief v The Artic airs next Monday at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Alex (right) described Vicky (second from left) as the ‘ultimate team player’ and added that she liked viewers to see her ‘fun’ personality