Dillon’s amazing climb: 80,281 steps, 16 hours, up five highest peaks

READY FOR THE CHALLENGE: Dillon Lynch on a practice walk for his Sunrise to Sunset Challenge, in the Galtee Mountains
A 12 year old Cork boy climbed more than 80,000 steps between sunrise and sunset, up the five highest points of all the counties in Munsters for charity

Dad thought of this challenge last year, while we were on another high point dash around Kilkenny. The idea was that we would climb to the highest point of every county in Munster, starting at the peak of Carrauntoohil for sunrise and ending on Galtymore for sunset. Dad instantly thought of June 21 as an ideal day, the longest day, and the mid-point of Ireland High Points week. We checked, it was a Friday, ideal. So back to tonight, Johnny and Josephine had arrived, and after a quick cup of tea, we were ready for road.



