Tonight 12 year old visually impaired boy Rowan Garel is camped out at Kilometer 19 on the way up to the top of Victoria Peak. He left with his dad early this morning - and reached kilometer 19 at 4:30 pm. The report from the field is that Rowan is tired from the full day of hiking, but still excited.
An ardent and studied birder, he's been surrounded by sounds of the Keeled Billed Toucans and other birds.
If all goes as planned they should summit Victoria by tomorrow.
And while he is making history with every step - for this young man - it's nothing new as he told us in tonight's I am Belize profile - he's an educator:..
Untitled from 7News Belize on Vimeo.
Of course, he's doing the climb for charity, specifically for the Belize Council For the Visually impaired and its summer camp programme. So you can send your donations or drop them off at the BCVI office on Princess Margaret drive or contribute to their Belize Bank account 71096, or you can go to bcvi.org and make a donation online.
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