{"id":711771,"date":"2026-07-26T09:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711771\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T09:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:24:08","slug":"aitch-on-reaching-new-heights-with-his-mount-kilimanjaro-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711771\/","title":{"rendered":"Aitch on reaching new heights with his Mount Kilimanjaro climb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has &#8220;smashed&#8221; his target this time by bringing in more than \u00a3160,000 so far from his climb of the highest peak in Africa. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The rapper says he was able to handle the altitude and physical elements of the hike, which others in his group struggled with. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the &#8220;big mental challenge&#8221; was the biggest obstacle for him, he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Between the early mornings, late nights and the change of climate from rainforest conditions one minute to a blizzard the next, Aitch says it was &#8220;just all a lot&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He confesses the group would probably have turned around if they hadn&#8217;t been doing the climb for &#8220;such a good cause&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Down&#8217;s syndrome is when you&#8217;re born with an extra chromosome &#8211; and people with the condition are likely to have some level of learning disability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aitch&#8217;s fundraising efforts have been inspired by Gracie, who was also the subject of My G, a viral song he released in 2022. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He thinks it was so popular because it showed the bond between the siblings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;People love genuine things,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And that relationship there between me and my sister, both of my sisters, is just undeniable. Do you know what I&#8217;m saying? So I feel like that&#8217;s why people loved it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He has &#8220;smashed&#8221; his target this time by bringing in more than \u00a3160,000 so far from his climb&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-711771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}