Hutch, pictured here in Afghanistan in January 2009, served in the army for 24 years (Picture: Collect/PA Real Life)

A group of five veterans with PTSD are ‘virtually climbing Everest’ to fundraise for the charity that helped them.

The brainchild of former Sergeant Major Wayne Hutchinson, 48, aka Hutch, whose 24 years in the Army included two tours in Afghanistan, the friends will be covering 5,000 miles – the distance we are from Everest – and the same 6,000-mile elevation as its peak by Remembrance Sunday, November 14, 2021.