{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"Written by Nicola Hilliard, Creative Content Producer","standfirst":"Cub Scout Lennox raised over \u00A31,300 by climbing the height of the Empire State Building in one weekend at his local climbing wall. We caught up with him about his amazing challenge.","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp class=\u0022yiv8121208816msonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELennox decided to raise money for the Railway Children Charity, who help prevent children around the world from being homeless. He wanted other young people to have a family, just like he has, as he\u2019s been fostered himself. This was very important to him, and he felt sad that so many young people had been separated from the people that loved them. \u003Cspan class=\u0022apple-converted-space\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022yiv8121208816msonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt first, Lennox wanted to invite them all to live with him, but after a little persuasion, he thought it\u0027d be best to fundraise instead. \u003Cspan class=\u0022apple-converted-space\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022yiv8121208816msonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELennox started climbing at the age of four and it grew into being a huge passion in his life. Lennox and his family climb together now, and they travel in their campervan to climb at different crags across the UK.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022yiv8121208816msonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKnowing he\u0027s good at climbing, Lennox and his family decided on a goal of climbing the height of the Empire State Building in New York. It\u0027s a height he could reach in one weekend, but he\u2019d have to scale the wall 23 times in total.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/19410/fb_img_1670859097323.jpg","width":1013,"height":1800,"altText":"Lennox can be seen rock climbing. He is wearing a red helmet and smile, as he grips onto boulders, while wearing a harness.","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThroughout his challenge, Lennox had a lot of support from the local climbing community and from his local Scout groups.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe weekend was tough. Lennox was very tired after the first day, and it was a huge challenge to go back. However, he didn\u0027t want to give up, even though his arms were sore, and his body was tired. \u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe local Scouts came down to support Lennox, as did many others. He got lots of help belaying from people who wanted to be involved, and Lennox completed the 23 climbs up the wall.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWell done, Lennox! Your fantastic fundraising, determination and persistence, and creative challenge idea is truly incredible and inspiring to us all as Scouts.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/19412/psx_20220224_183122.jpg","width":900,"height":1600,"altText":"","caption":"","link":null}]}],"config":null}]},"searchDescription":null,"pageType":null,"location":null,"versionDate":"19 December 2022","reviewDate":null,"furtherReading":[{"caption":"","title":"Unsung Heroes 2022","url":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2022/september/bear-congratulates-his-unsung-heroes-at-birmingham-awards-day/","newWindow":true},{"caption":"","title":"Awards and Recognition","url":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/learning-development-and-awards/awards-and-recognition/","newWindow":true},{"caption":"","title":"Climbing in Scouts","url":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/climbing/","newWindow":true}],"relatedLinks":[{"caption":"","title":"Adventurous Activities permit","url":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/por/9-activities/rule-97-adventurous-activities-permit-scheme/","newWindow":true},{"caption":"","title":"Running roped activities in Scouts","url":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-your-section/programme-guidance/general-activity-guidance/roped-activities/","newWindow":true},{"caption":"","title":"Climbing and Bouldering in Scouts FAQs","url":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-your-section/programme-guidance/general-activity-guidance/roped-activities/climbing-faqs/","newWindow":true}],"id":48727,"nodeName":"Lennox\u0027s incredible climbing challenge","title":"Lennox\u0027s incredible climbing challenge ","type":"blogEntry","image":{"url":"/media/19410/fb_img_1670859097323.jpg?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1dab80c2f038890","caption":"FB IMG 1670859097323","type":"jpg","size":258697,"width":1013,"height":1800,"altText":""},"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"Lennox\u0027s incredible climbing challenge ","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"subHeader":"Cub Scout, Lennox, geared up for a new challenge and raised \u00A31,300 for charity after climbing the height of the Empire State Building.","browserTitle":null,"silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC80ODcyNyJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2022/december/lennoxs-incredible-climbing-challenge/"}