Sixth-form students at The Mount School in York climbed and ran the height of Namibia’s highest peak at Askham Bryan College for their upcoming charity trip to the African country.

The students, who will travel to Namibia next year, scaled a climbing wall and ran on treadmills to reach their target distance of 2,606m which equals the height of Konigstein peak on Brandberg Mountain Joanne Hayward, head of The Mount’s college years, said: “The girls did really well to cover the distance in the time we had. Our trip to Namibia will involve trekking in the mountains, a six-day cultural exchange working on an education project based at a rural school and learning about the history and culture of the country through visits to Etosha National Park, the wilderness region of Damaraland and the spectacular Namib Desert. The girls have already started their training schedule for the rigours of the trip with a weekend of trekking in the North Yorkshire Moors, this exercise and more activities in the future.”