Five years ago, Fife local Ross Cunningham could barely get out of bed, but two weeks ago he completed a five-year journey to climb all 282 of Scotland’s highest mountains.
Cunningham, 36, said he had fallen into a deep depression at the start of his thirties, and he was both stuck in his house and stuck inside his own mind. For the first time in his life, he was in a dark depression he couldn’t shake.
“During that time of my life, I was spending a lot of time in bed. My mind was continuously working, and my anxiety was high. I couldn’t sleep and when I did sometimes I would wake up in a cold sweat. I felt so disconnected from everything,” said Cunningham.
