Master of the fells... aged three: Toddler bags all 214 peaks from Wainwright's guides

Published: 00:19 BST, 8 October 2026 | Updated: 00:19 BST, 8 October 2026

Hardy ramblers dream of scaling all 214 Lake District fells mapped by Alfred Wainwright in his celebrated pictorial guides.

Now another adventurer has become the youngest known hiker to complete the challenge – at just three years old.

Navy Moores, from Kendal, Cumbria, took just five months to scale the lot.

He toddled a total of 510 miles with an ascent of almost 225,000ft – more than seven Everests.

After ticking off his final peak – England's highest mountain Scafell Pike – on Sunday, he did not celebrate with the traditional Kendal mint cake and a pint.

Instead, Navy asked for a pancake smothered in Nutella, a bike ride and an episode of the children's cartoon Paw Patrol, about a pack of rescue dogs.

Happily, no such dogs were needed on the toddler's real-life adventure. He was safely accompanied by his father Daniel, mother Leanne Helm, 14-year-old sister Jessica and six-year-old brother Oliver.

Businessman Mr Moores, who has scaled the actual Everest and cycled across the world, didn't want to lose his adventurous streak when he had three children with stay-at-home mother Ms Helm. So they decided baby could come, too.

Navy Moores (right), pictured with brother Oliver, became the youngest known person to complete the Lake District's 214 Wainwright fells from Wainwright's guides

At first, Navy would be carried in a child backpack but was soon itching to join his older brother Oliver on the ground. Mr Moores told The Times: 'His interest in walking began as soon as he took his first steps.'

By May of this year, Navy's parents decided he was up to trying to complete the Wainwright Fells Challenge – as mapped by the guidebook writer in seven volumes between 1955 and 1966.

But Navy may not be putting his feet up any time soon. The day after they completed the challenge, he asked his parents: 'Are we going hiking again?'