{"id":12880,"date":"2023-05-05T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=12880"},"modified":"2023-05-23T20:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:23:28","slug":"year-9-students-take-on-six-summit-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/year-9-students-take-on-six-summit-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 9 Students Take On Six Summit Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/six-summits-challenge-may-2023-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/six-summits-challenge-may-2023-main.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/six-summits-challenge-may-2023-main-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Right to left: Liam Ford, Kaeden Whitehouse and Oliver Hughes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three Bridgnorth Endowed School students are on top of the world after completing the gruelling Shropshire Six Summits Scouts Challenge over the early May Bank Holiday weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Kaeden Whitehouse, Liam Ford and Oliver Hughes from Year 9, who took part in the three-day expedition that covers 36 miles and six of the highest hills in Shropshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tackling two summits a day, the boys, together with their group, started with Corndon Hill on the Welsh\/Shropshire border, then headed over to the spectacular Stiperstones ridge, before camping overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday involved going up and along The Long Mynd, then a major climb over Caer Caradoc Hill and a second night of camping. The last day began with Brown Clee, the highest of the Shropshire Hills, then Titterston Clee for the final ascent and the finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as the challenge of walking for three full days over some difficult terrain, the boys also had to navigate the route themselves, cook in the evenings and mornings, and set up and pack down camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funds raised will go towards the expansion and improvement of the Bridgnorth Scouts Hut, which, once complete, will benefit all future scout members for years to come. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaeden\u2019s mum, Samantha, said: \u201cThis was a rewarding but demanding challenge which took its toll on the boys, both physically and emotionally.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMyself and the other parents are extremely proud of the three of them, and Kaeden, Liam and Oliver are now very much looking forward to their DofE expedition in the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Bridgnorth Endowed School students are on top of the world after completing the gruelling Shropshire Six Summits Scouts Challenge over the early May Bank Holiday weekend. Congratulations to Kaeden Whitehouse, Liam Ford and Oliver Hughes from Year 9, who took part in the three-day expedition that covers 36 miles and six of the highest &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/year-9-students-take-on-six-summit-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Year 9 Students Take On Six Summit Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,44,150],"class_list":["post-12880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school","tag-charity","tag-scouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}