A charity has hailed a private coach who has returned house after changing into the primary individual to climb backwards and down Africa's highest mountain.
Ben Stewart, 32, from Northampton, has hiked to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and again once more to boost cash for the British Coronary heart Basis.
Stewart had already conquered Britain's highest peaks – backwards.
He raised funds for charity after the dying of his grandfather.
Jon Frost, a fundraising supervisor for the British Coronary heart Basis, mentioned: “The cash raised by Ben will assist fund life-saving analysis, which is able to deliver us one step nearer to the encounters that would assist save and enhance tens of millions of lives.”
Stewart mentioned the hike was “the toughest factor I've ever finished in my life.”
Two individuals, one from South Africa and one from Nepal, hiked again up the 5,895m (19,340ft) African mountain – however not down it.
Stewart, whose grandfather died aged 65 in 2010 after a coronary heart assault, had a workforce to information him however mentioned he wasn't fearful about falling.
His coaching included using a particular machine to assist strengthen his neck to deal with lengthy durations of needing to look over his shoulder.
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