Francis currently goes to Explorer scouts and has been through Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and is now also a young leader at Scouts.

He also works at a local Activity Centre once a month and instructs activities like Climbing, Archery, Abseiling and Zip wire.

Francis has his Bronze Duke of Edinburgh and is currently working on his silver. This year Francis will do his gold in Ladakh, India.


When in India Francis will climb some unclimbed 6000m peaks and do research into the affect that altitude has on humans, along with other reasearch projects.

Francis lives at home with his Mother and Father, Brother and Sister and his dog Holly in south London.

He grew up often in the outdoor world doing various different adventurous outdoor activities..