Mount Everest base camp trek is dream come true for Dunfermline man

Iain Campbell had been working for a Halbeath outdoor clothing firm in 1994 when they produced the clothes for an expedition led by Ranulph Fiennes.

"He did an expedition and did a documentary and the factory made the clothes for the expedition," he said. "Then, I thought then I would go and see Mount Everest one day.

"At the time, it was just a pipe dream. They made the clothes and I think they made about 30 sets of these clothes for the group. Back in those days, there was no internet so I followed it in the paper and on the news. I thought I am going to do that one day."

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Iain, along with son Ross, 17, travelled out to Nepal and completed a 130km trek– around 80 miles – to the mountain's base camp.

"The first couple of days, we were walking through low levels and forests. Then day three, it started to get a bit higher and we started to see some massive peaks," he recalled.

Dunfermline father and son team Iain and Ross Campbell raised over £2,000 when they completed a trek to Everest Base Camp earlier this month. (Image: Contributed) "It was very emotional. You didn't know what to look at next. It was breathtaking, stunning. Just to be out there for that length of time, was amazing."

Iain and Ross managed to raise around £2,400 in completing the journey which will go to the Margaret's Girl project which, backed by the Forth Bridges SCIO charity, provides packs of period products as well as education to girls and women in Nepal.

Vicky Gorn, treasurer of the charity, was delighted with the support of the father and son team.

"Iain and Ross being able to raise over £2,000 is amazing," she said. "Each pack costs £7 so they are effectively giving dignity to 285 girls just from supporting this Scottish charity.

"We are so proud of them and I know Iain had a few worries before he went but they smashed it. I am so chuffed they did it for Margaret's Girls."