A recovering alcoholic is preparing to mark three years sober by cycling up Mount Fuji in Japan later this year and also to promote mental health support.
Father-of-two Phil James is taking on the challenge, the latest in a series of extreme cycling expeditions, as he said they gave him a focus away from drinking.
He pedalled his way up Vesuvius last year, having previously taken on Snowdon to raise money for mental health charities Mind and Men And Their Emotions (MATE) as well as trying to show to people experiencing a mental health crisis that there was hope for them.
James, from Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, said he found cycling was an effective way to avoid alcohol since going sober in 2023.