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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bronwen Weatherby

Soldier with PTSD carries rowing machine up mountain in world record attempt

A soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder is to scale one of Wales’s tallest peaks with a rowing machine strapped to his back to raise money for the veterans’ mental health charity that helped him through times of crisis.

Royal Fusilier Jonathan Roberson, based at Tidworth in Wiltshire, will climb up and down Pen y Fan – the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons – on Saturday, as many times as possible in 24 hours.

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