Ben Boleyn bared all atop Mount Kilimanjaro on a dare from a friend
The 18-year-old scaled the mountain to raise money for a children's hospice
He raised £600 but received hundreds more after posting the snaps online
Some people will do anything for charity, even if it means stripping naked in freezing temperatures atop Africa's highest peak.
That's exactly what cheeky Ben Boleyn did when he reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro after enduring treacherous conditions during a nine-day charity climb.
The 18-year-old student scaled the 19,341-ft high mountain wearing full walking gear, including four layers of thermals, and then bared all for pictures after a friend bet him just 18 pence to streak at the peak in -12C weather.
The temperature was between -10C and -12C when Ben Boleyn decided to streak on the mountain's peak
Take it off: People have donated hundreds of pounds since Ben Boleyn posted the snaps on Facebook
He added: 'It was between -10C and -12C but it didn't feel that cold, probably because of the adrenaline and we had just walked for six hours so I was already warm.'
Ben scaled the mountain with seven other climbers after he spent four weeks volunteering at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
They trekked an average of almost six miles a day with a team of 31 porters.
He said: 'The summit climb was the hardest part but walking for nine days in a row was challenging.
'Some days we would do a short three hour trek and an hour trek to acclimatise and other treks would be eight hours.'
Breath-taking views: Climbers can see for miles when they reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
He did it all to raise money for Acorns Children's Hospice and awareness of the 'fantastic' work that they do.
'I do voluntary work every week at Acorns Children's Hospice in Worcester so have seen the amazing work they do caring for terminally ill children first hand and everybody has a massive smile on their face most of the time.'
Now that the climb is over, Ben is taking a gap year and hopes to study medicine at a university abroad before training to become a doctor.
He recently finished his A-Levels at King Edward VI College in Stourbridge, where he got an A in chemistry, an A in human biology and a B in maths with statistics.
Bottoms up: Ben Boleyn shed his clothes on Mount Kilimanjaro's summit after a friend bet him just 18 pence
Grin and bare it: Ben Boleyn scaled Africa's highest mountain to raise money for Acorns Children's Hospice
On top of the world: Ben Boleyn and a seven other climbers trekked an average of almost six miles a day
He got the idea from a fellow Acorns Children's Hospice volunteer, who snaps a picture of himself naked at every landmark he visits.
Ben said: 'Once I was with the climb group I mentioned it in conversation and it just snowballed after that.
'Everyone kept talking about it and one climber bet me 500 Tanzanian shillings, which is about 18p, that I wouldn't do it.
'When we got to the top I had to do it so just thought why not, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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