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Will Symons

“I wanted to see if I could still do it" - 90-year-old man climbs England's tallest mountain

Scafell Pike.

In a unique birthday celebration, a 90-year-old man has climbed England’s tallest mountain, more than six decades after his first summit.

Some 62 years after his first ascent, pensioner Derald Barham, scaled all 3,209ft / 978m of Scafell Pike, in the Lake District. Supported by his four sons and 20-month-old great-grandchild, the former doctor made the climb in an attempt to prove he still had it in him.

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