Quadruple amputee from Skipton hopes fundraising challenges inspires others
11 year old Luke Mortimer is already planning his next one
An 11 year old quadruple amputee from Skipton says he wants to raise as much money as possible to support other disabled children.
Luke Mortimer contracted meningitis when he was just seven years old.
He recently received an award from the Prime Minister after climbing a 656 foot hill and raising almost 26 thousand pounds for charity.
"I think you should never stop going"
He's already planning to take one of Yorkshire's Three Peaks later this year - and has this message for other amputees.
He has this message to help inspire others: "No matter who you are or what has happened to you, or what other people do to you, keep on going, although a good thing, is know your limits and another good thing if you do something like climbing up a mountain is stretch beforehand otherwise the next day you’re gonna get cramp."
"To every single amputee in the world not just here in England I think you should never stop going, never let anybody slow you down, just push them to the side and keep going."
Ahead of his next challenge we asked Luke how he is going to prepare: "Do like one little bit of training and then just rest because people are like 'oh yeah training is really good' and sometimes I agree with them but you muscles also need a rest."
"My Dad asked me if I wanted to do one (another challenge) and I’m like I did Embsay Crag so I’ll do this and it’s kinda like stepping up because eventually I do want to do Mount Everest. Like actually climb up Mount Everest."
You can find out more about Luke and his challenges here