DULOCH Spiderman has arrived in Kathmandu to begin his latest fundraising challenge.

Dave Roper – who doubles as the fundraising Duloch Spiderman in Dunfermline – is gearing up for his Everest Base Camp Challenge, and reported this morning (Sunday, April 30) that he'd arrived in Kathmandu.

Dave and his dad, Kevin Roper, will be completing the 11-day intense trek. The pair will start with a one day walk from Lukla to Phakding before they make their way to an altitude of 17,600ft or 5,389m at Everest Basecamp.

Along the way they will be trekking through Namche Bazzar, Tengboche, Dingboche and Lobuche before heading back down through Gorakshep, Kalapathar, Pherichie, Namche and back to Lukla.

Speaking to the Press before leaving, Dave said: "Over the last three years, since lockdown, I've been doing the Spiderman gig. I've taken on various challenges in the last three years, and they just seem to get bigger and better and more extreme. This is just topping it off.”

The money raised from the challenge will go to the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity. So far, he has raised just under £6,000.

For anyone wishing to donate to Dave and his dad's cause, visit their GoFundMe page.

Dave added: "I know times are hard, they've been hard over the last three years, but now more than ever. I am just so grateful for the support I've had over the last three years, especially now that COVID has finished and people are going back to their day jobs, the cost of living and everything else that's going on. Thank you, thank you so much."

You can follow Dave's progress at his Facebook page.