Olly Murs and Caroline Flack’s friends complete first day of gruelling trek raising over £17,000

metro.co.uk:

supports HTML5 videoOlly Murs is halfway through his charity trek in Caroline Flack’s memory, joining several of the late presenter’s pals on the mission.

The former X Factor star is taking part in the Climb 4 Caroline trek which will see him reach 24 peaks in 24 hours, writing Caroline’s initials at the top of each one in her favourite lipstick.

Caroline died by suicide in February 2020 at the age of 40 and the trek aims to raise money towards the mental health charity Samaritans.

They have since reached over £17,000 donations, which is almost 90% of their £20k target. During day one, Olly, 37, was seen belting out a song at the top of his lungs after reaching the top of one peak, and tucking into a somewhat hearty lunch of a tuna and.