Published by St Paul’s & Hampton Park Churches for the Tupsley Community
Issue 78 Autumn 2020
TupsleyVoice
TUPSLEY’S INSPIRATIONAL CLIMBER Since the age of three, six year old Mason Burnett in Whittern Way, has been doing sponsored walks/hikes for his beloved Hereford and Worcester Animal Rescue (HWAR), a small independent voluntary organisation dedicated to helping dogs in need. He lives with his grandparents Rob and Kelly Saunders, who are his legal guardians, and attends St Francis Primary School, Venns Lane. His grandfather Rob tells the remarkable tale of his mountain climbing life so far:When Mason was only 3 years old he did a 3 mile walk down on the Lugg f lats which was a great success so the next year (2018) we set our sights on a bigger challenge and that was to climb
up Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons at the age of 4, which is the highest peak in South Wales. This raised a substantial amount of money for Animal Rescue. He really enjoyed it and got the bug, so to speak, so we had to up the game slightly. We therefore set our sights on Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales and England for early the following year (2019), so he kept in training in the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons . In May 2019 at the age of only 5 he completed Mt Snowdon, 1085m high. He managed the Pyg Track and
Miners Track, which again was a huge success and raised a good amount of money for HWAR. To beat that there was only one thing for it, and that was to have a go at the big one, Ben Nevis, 1345m high. So 2 months after Snowdon we headed for Scotland for the highest peak in the UK. It was a long hard sweaty day but Mason enjoyed every minute and a great achievement for a young 5 year old, and raising lots of money while he did it. A short time later he did Cader Idris, followed by the highest peak in England, Scafell Pike, and many more in-between. Continued Page 3
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