TWO teenagers from Pyworthy successfully climbed up and descended Ben Nevis in aid of the North Devon Hospice.

Fifteen-year-old Jemma and thirteen-year-old Ben Mckenzie, together with their elder cousin Paul McKenzie, undertook the feat on May 25, Jemma's 15th birthday.

The weather conditions on the day, were bleak and testing — very low visability, ten metres maximum, walking on two metres of frozen ice.

There was fresh snowfall from the day before and temperatures of -12.

For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.