A Fife woman will be taking on Scotland’s highest mountain to raise money for a mental health charity.
Gemma Daw, from Glenrothes, will be scaling Ben Nevis for SAMH on August 21.
She is taking part in the hike as part of the Mountains Mend Minds fundraiser for the mental health charity.
Mountains Mend Minds was established by Ross Cunningham, from Caskieberran in Glenrothes to encourage Scots to take up hillwalking as a way to improve mental wellbeing.
Ross will be joining Gemma and other fundraisers on the walk up Ben Nevis.
Gemma said: “I’m really looking forward to completing the hike up Ben Nevis.
“I’m a total novice but I’ll be getting some practice in before hand so I can be ready to take the challenge on safely. I’m nervous but also excited to complete it!
“Munro bagging is something I’ve wanted to do for about 18 months now. I think reaching the summit will be such an achievement that I’ll be proud of forever.
“The fact that it’s for such an amazing charity is also brilliant.”
Hillwalking for SAMH
Ross added: “Hillwalking was a big factor in improving my mental wellbeing when I was going through depression. Since then I’ve wanted to do what I can to inspire others to realise the mental health benefits of the outdoors.
“In collaboration with SAMH we are challenging Scots to ‘hike a hill’ of any size for mental health.
“It’s a great way to push yourself to summit a hill or mountain possibly for the first time while raising money for an incredible charity that is supporting people with their mental wellbeing during truly unprecedented times.
“It’s important not to decide to do something too far out your comfort zone so whether it’s Ben A’an or Ben Nevis, ‘hike a hill’ this August to improve Scotland’s mental health as well as your own.
“I’m delighted Gemma is taking part and really hope people will support her challenge and raise money for a very worthy charity doing so much to support Fifers and Scots with their mental health.”