Three men who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro have spoken about their journey after raising a huge amount of money.
The friends tackled the famous mountain as they raised more than £25k to help support terminally ill people.
Freddie King, Allan Campbell and Bob McGeachy had been preparing for the challenge for almost a year after a chat in their local gym.
Now, two months after scaling the dormant volcano, the trio, from Lenzie, have managed to raise an astonishing £27,875.00 - which they have donated to the Marie Curie Hospice, Glasgow which helps support people and their families who are living with a terminal illness.
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Speaking about why they felt they had to succeed, climber, Allan Campbell said: "There was no doubt in my mind that any of us wouldn’t have made it.
"I have climbed hundreds of hills with these guys, and I knew right at the start of the Kilimanjaro climb that we would all succeed.
"We had to succeed no issue about it, the number of people that kindly donated their hard-earned cash for a cause that’s deeply close to all of us in one way or another.
"For us to fail the climb and let all those people down was always at the back of my mind which in turn gave me the boost and I am sure it gave the others the same boost and the energy to summit the mountain as well."
Allan explained that when the group saw the top of the mountain it was a rush of a mixture of emotions, as he admitted that he got "teary-eyed" despite not wanting to show it.
The group had spent a total of five days climbing the Tanzanian mountain that sits 19,341ft above sea level.
After reaching the top, the trio along with others who had climbed with them took in the moment as they all hugged before having the realisation that they had to tackle it all again to get back down.
Allan said: "It's hard to put into words the moment you see the summit.
"The feelings and the thoughts of your family and friends back home bring the emotions to the forefront of your mind, and yes you do get a bit emotional and teary-eyed even though none of us would admit that.
"But in your own way, the elation of completing the climb soon suppresses the emotions and then joy elates you more than you can ever imagine and before you know it you're cuddling 100-plus people at the summit.
"Happy days.
"However, after 20 minutes the delight turns to "oh no, we still have to walk back down", but this is the time to reminisce over the last 5 and a half days climbing."
Amanda Casey, community fundraiser at Marie Curie, said: “We’re overwhelmed at Freddie, Bob and Alan raising over £28,000 by taking on Mount Kilimanjaro.
"These funds will run our Marie Curie Hospice, Glasgow for three days, supporting terminally ill people and their loved ones when they need us most.
“Thank you so much to them, as well as their generous supporters who donated.”
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