Unmasked ambition to join community expedition in Peru

TEEN SCALES SCAFELL PIKE IN A LLAMA HEAD TO HELP FUND PLACE ON INTERNATIONAL TRIP

- By DEBORAH HALL

A TEENAGER from East Yorkshire given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in an expedition to Peru has been busy raising funds to get him there the most recent endeavour being to climb England's highest mountain.

The National Trust describes scaling Scafell Pike, in the Lake District, standing at 978m, as a "tough, steep hike" but Adam Thompson, 13, of Hedon, made it even more of a challenge for himself by wearing a llama head for the ascent.

Adam, a pupil at Holderness Academy & Sixth Form College, has 18 months to raise the necessary funds - £4,720 - to join global social enterprise Camps International on the expedition.