A team of high flyers from Swindon have helped set a new world record for mountain climbing.

Earlier this year the four, who work for Intel Online Services, took part in the largest ever simultaneous mountain climb which involved 600 people the largest number of people climbing mountains at the same time scale 112 mountains throughout the UK and Ireland.

The Intel team, made up of leader Eva Dearie, team leader Rebecca Grangeret, Harry Katch and Rajesh Bharadia, climbed the 2,047 ft Darnbrook Fell mountain in the Pennines in about two hours. The effort raised more than £500 for the charity, Children's Aid Direct, the entire event £100,000.

And this week they were over the moon to hear that Guinness World Records had confirmed it as a new world record.

Some 600 people - the largest number of people climbing mountains at the same time - recently simultaneously scaled 112 mountains throughout the UK and Ireland.

As a result of their efforts £100,000 was raised for the Children's Aid Direct charity.

The Intel team was made up of leader Eva Dearie, team leader,Rebecca Grangeret, Harry Katch and Rajesh Bharadia, climbed the 2,047 feet Darnbrook Fell mountain in the Pennines and it took us about two hours and raised more than £500 for the charity, Children's Aid Direct.

"It was not a desperately hard climb but everyone enjoyed it and got to the summit okay.

"We are all novice climbers and had great fun. We plan to do it again next year and from the interest that has been generated I believe we will have a bigger team then."

A spokesman for Guinness World Records said:"We can confirm that this is a new Guinness World record."