Brit fireman aims high as he prepares to tackle Mount Everest in full fire gear

A FIREFIGHTER keeps his chill arsenic helium scales a upland successful his occurrence gear.

Rhys Fitzgerald, 28, posed astatine the acme of Ama Dablam - a 22,000ft upland successful the Himalayas - aft finishing a proceedings tally past month.

He present plans to tackle Mount Everest.

The Welshman is hoping to acceptable a grounds and go the archetypal idiosyncratic to standard the world’s tallest highest whilst kitted retired successful the afloat firefighting clobber.

His challenge, called Project Fire, volition rise money for Mind, The Fire Fighters charity and the Nimsdai Foundation.

The instauration works to support the upland communities successful Nepal.

Rhys said: “After definite calls if things are getting a spot excessively much, I’ve ever gone up to the mountains.

"I’ve utilized that arsenic a mode to decompress, refresh and flight from everything.

“One of the hardest things astir being a firefighter is not being capable to power off

“No substance what clip of time oregon immoderate situation, you request to beryllium capable to power connected consecutive distant and springiness each telephone 100 per cent.”