A 82-year-elderly person has finished his endeavor to ascend Scotland’s 282 Munros – mountains higher than 3,000ft.

Scratch Gardner, from Gairloch in the Scottish Highlands, set himself the test after his better half Janet went into full-time care.

He was crushed when she fostered Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis and believed that a test should make a big difference for himself.

The granddad of-four started in July 2020 and arrived at his last highest point, Cairn Gorm, on Saturday evening.

He was met at the top by a praiseworthy gatekeeper of allies and family.
“I’m joyous beyond words, it’s totally strange,” he said. “I encountered experienced nothing very like it – it resembles a young man opening his Christmas presents.

“I was strolling through the passage thinking, it’s everything for me.”
Mr Gardner was joined by loved ones for the 1,245m (4,085ft) move in the Cairngorms, close to Aviemore.

The previous physical science instructor had never climbed a Munro beforehand.

(What might be compared to climbing Mount Everest multiple times.

He has strolled 2,000 miles (3,218 km), a comparative distance to climbing from Edinburgh to Greece.

Mr Gardner said the hardest piece of his Munro challenge was on the Isle of Skye.

He said: “On the off chance that you’re a mountain climber you’ll realize the Cuillin Ridge. It’s anything but a major region however extremely pointed and jaggy and exceptionally risky.

“There are 11 Munros in a line and doing that in one go, it required two days to make it happen. That was the greatest test of the parcel.”

Mr Gardner has raised more than £60,000 for Alzheimer Scotland and the Royal Osteoporosis Society through the test.

“I was unable to care for my better half any longer. She needed to go into care and I needed to get a venture to pull together my life, he said.

“I’m happy yet I’ve not gotten done with climbing.

“I did it since I love climbing and will continue. I have my eye on the Devon and Cornwall seaside way walk.”

Mr Gardner said thanks to every one of the allies who assisted him with accomplishing his objective.

One of his two girls, Sally McKenzie, has designated him to the Guinness Book of World Records for the most seasoned individual to climb Scotland’s Munros.