Firefighters gearing up to achieve UK’s highest ladder pitch on Ben Nevis
A team of 11 firefighters are on a mission to achieve the UK’s highest ladder pitch by climbing up Ben Nevis wearing fire kits weighing approximately 15kg.
Tom Easter, an on-call firefighter from Halstead Fire Station, is to take on the feat on May 18, alongside 10 fellow on-call firefighters from the station who will all be donning firefighting tunics, trousers, gloves, boots and helmets.
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