Fundraiser, 12, completes peak climbing challenge

A 12-year-old girl has raised more than £1,000 for a food bank charity after climbing the equivalent of the tallest mountain peaks of every continent.

Luna completed her challenge on Sunday after walking 4,884m (16,024ft) on an inclined treadmill - the total distance to the summit of Puncak Jaya in Indonesia.

Her latest triumph is the seventh major fundraiser she has completed for Bristol North West Food Bank, where she also volunteers and has been supporting since learning about them at school.

"It makes me really happy when I support other people because I know that I've made a small change," said Luna.

"Knowing that people are going to be donating or contributing to me doing a challenge puts more energy in me because at the end of it the food bank is going to get some money to support people," she added.

Food banks get a lot of donations at Christmas but Luna said she was looking further ahead.

"[Food banks] usually get a lot of donations at Christmas because people usually think they're struggling, but it's actually the new year when they struggle a lot, especially around January and February," said Luna.

"I usually do my challenges up until Christmas but for afterwards," she added.

This was Luna's seventh challenge, having previously completed tasks such as swimming the equivalent length of the English Channel and skipping 1,000 times in a kangaroo outfit every day for a month.

Before Sunday's finale, Luna had already climbed the equivalent heights of Mount Everest, Mount Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Denal, Aconcagua and even Antarctica's highest peak, Vinson Massif.

"I want to do something different every time," she said.

"A lot of people do Everest challenges so I thought it would be more challenging to do the highest peak from every continent," she added.

Luna said she had "a few ideas" about what her next challenge would be but was taking some well-earned rest first because, understandably, her legs "are aching a bit".

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