A West Lothian man has scaled the world's highest free standing mountain to fundraise for an issue close to his heart.

Broxburn businessman John Keogh, 65, has provided more than 300 all weather coats free of charge to rough sleepers across the country and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to continue his efforts.

Setting off to tackle the trek on October 4, he walked over 1 million steps, nearly 2,000km, and cycled nearly 1200km to train for the challenge.

As well as fund-raising for The Ootsider , John took on the gruelling climb to raise awareness of the issue of rough sleeping , which he believes is a forgotten blight on society.

He managed to raise £15,000 for the sleeping-coats through direct, cash and website donations.

Looking back on the climb, he told Edinburgh Live: "I wanted to l

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