1 year ago
24
Image source, Matt Burrow/PA Wire
Oscar has climbed with his dada Matt and grandad Mark
A six-year-old lad has climbed the UK's 12 highest mountains, the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest, for charity.
Having already scaled Scafell Pike and Snowdon, respectively the highest peaks successful England and Wales, Oscar Burrow made it to Ben Nevis's acme astatine 13:00 BST.
The lad from Lancaster, who has raised much than £31,000 for Derian House Children's Hospice successful Chorley, wants "poorly children to spell connected holiday".
Oscar told dada Matt helium present wants "to beryllium the youngest idiosyncratic to ascent Everest".
Mr Burrow said helium and his lad had acceptable disconnected astir 08:00 "in glorious sunshine" and had hugely enjoyed the last limb of their journey.
Image source, Matt Burrow/PA Wire
Image caption,Oscar Burrow with his dada Matt
Speaking up of his last climb, Oscar said: "It's the biggest upland successful the UK and determination mightiness beryllium snowfall connected the top."
Oscar was fixed a peculiar grant by unit astatine Derian House, which provides respite and end-of-life attraction to much than 400 children crossed the North West of England, arsenic a convey you for his hard work.
"I got a precise peculiar badge and I privation to instrumentality it to school," helium said, adding: "I privation poorly children to spell swimming connected their holiday."
Oscar spoke of galore favourite moments during his challenge.
"(When I did Helvellyn successful the Lake District), I astir blew disconnected and grandad and daddy had to clasp connected to me", helium said.
Oscar said helium liked climbing Glyder Fawr, successful Snowdonia, due to the fact that "it was truly steep and you person to ascent up sections with your hands".
Image source, Matt Burrow/PA Wire
Image caption,Oscar and his dada braved heavy snowfall portion climbing Cairn Gorm
He added that helium recovered climbing Cairn Gorm, successful Scotland, the "hardest" due to the fact that of the heavy snow.
"We made a elephantine snowball bigger than maine and rolled it down the hill!"
Mr Burrow said: "Oscar has ever been active, helium plays rugby, swims, rides [a] bike, helium has this brainsick endurance and ne'er ending energy.
"He had been learning astir Sir Edmund Hillary, 1 of the archetypal men to conquer Mount Everest, successful schoolhouse and decided that helium wanted to beryllium the youngest to ever conquer it," said Mr Burrow, 38.
"I explained to him wherefore this mightiness beryllium a small spot tricky, but I didn't privation to dash his dreams, truthful we came up with a program to ascent the highest mountains successful Great Britain."
Oscar has besides been accompanied connected his quest by his 37-year-old mum Kim, and grandad Mark, 67.
His three-year-old sister Ada has besides made respective appearances.
Image source, Matt Burrow
Image caption,Oscar loves sharing the large outdoors with his family
Kerry Pritchard, from Derian House, thanked the "courageous superstar".
"Oscar is precise brave and we've been enjoying seeing photos of him astatine the apical of each mountain."
English (US)