Royal Gibraltar Regiment soldiers step up for cancer charity – in heavy bomb disposal suits

Soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment have taken on a gruelling walking challenge for charity – dressed in heavy bomb disposal suits.

The team raised more than £1,000 for Cancer Relief, climbing from the bottom to the top of the Mediterranean Steps in Gibraltar.

It was no easy feat as each EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) bomb suit can weigh over 5 stone.

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The British overseas territory's Mediterranean Steps take the walker from Jews' Gate on the southern end of the nature reserve at 180m above sea level, up towards O'Hara's Battery at 419m, close to the summit of the Rock.