Volunteers took on the gruelling challenge of scaling the equivalent height of Mount Everest to raise money for the youth charity Inner Flame.

The fundraising challenge was held at Marlborough College and 15 volunteers made 1,416 climbs –totalling nearly 8,900 metres.

The top climber of the day was ten-year-old Sinead Sejournant from Baspoint in Swindon with an impressive 190 trips to the wall.

David Wreathall, co-founder of Inner Flame, said: “Sinead was an inspiration to us all.

“This was a tough event and when our arms were aching and our fingers hurt, we just had to look across at Sinead who kept on going.”

Inner Flame helps people aged 14-25 to build confidence and to reach their full potential in life and normally the charity sets one big challenge a year to raise funds but this year, as well as the climb the cycled the equivalent distance of the Great Wall of China.