Six-year old Joshua climbs into record books

2017, she had multiple injuries visible to attending members of the emergency services.

The young mother was found lying on the floor of the flat with her legs resting on a bed. Blood spatters were found in both the bedroom and the bathroom of the flat. Blood stained clothing was also found in the flat.

Ms Collins was later found to have a broken jaw, two missing front teeth, a serious head injury as well as injuries to her face, lips, neck, chest, arms and breast.

Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster ruled that Ms Collins died from a serious head injury with subdural haematoma consistent with blunt force trauma to the head. Dr Bolster also found signs of asphyxia on Ms Collins neck.

Ms Collins, who was a native of St Brendan’s Park in Tralee, had been living at Clashduv Road in the Togher area of Cork for several years before her death. THE summit of North Africa’s highest mountain is not where you would expect to find most six-year year olds, but then again, little Joshua Davison from Killarney is not like most sixyear olds.

Joshua, a senior infant pupil in St Olivers NS in Killarney, made history this past week after, it is believed, he became the youngest ever person to summit Mount Toubkal in Morocco.

Once it is verified and checked, Joshua’s name will be inserted into the next edition of the Guinness Book of Records.

Joshua reached the 4,167metre summit with his mother Lyndsey Clarke and her partner Lucky Flynn last Tuesday and according to his mum he was well able for the climb.

“I wasn’t sure how he’d handle the altitude but he was really good. It was his first time wearing crampons and it was a serious enough climb as well. I suppose though him being so small and so light, he was able to move okay. He was perfect,” she said.

Lyndsey said that the family were travelling in Nepal during the summer and after visiting a lot of mountain museums Joshua just fell in love with climbing and hiking.

“We’d go up Carrauntoohil fairly regularly now and after Toubkal, he’s already told me he wants to be the youngest to climb Kilimanjaro next year,” she laughed.

For now though, he’s back in Miss Dennehy’s class in St Olivers where he has one heck of a story to tell.

Six-year old Joshua Davison a senior infant pupil in St Olivers National School in Killarney pictured at the summit of Toubkal in south western Morocco. The mountain is 4,167 metres high and it is thought that Joshua is the youngest person ever to summit the mountain.

ABOVE: LEFT: Young Joshua Davison pictured on the climb up the Moroccan summit of Toubkal which he reached last Tuesday morning, November 7.

Joshua pictured with his mother Lyndsey who said Joshua had no problem with the climb whatsoever and now wants to be the youngest person to climb Kilimanjaro in 2019.