article_snippet.sent: Mr Ballard, 26, told The Times that he saw it as he destiny to follow in he 's footsteps.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Ballard said Mr Ballard had clear memories of clambering over rocks as a child and had always known climbing was Mr Ballard calling. '
article_snippet.sent: When I grew, I was always scrambling around on little rocks underneath the crags where my mum and dad climbed.
article_snippet.sent: A child, playing,' Mr Ballard said. '
article_snippet.sent: At primary school I had something like an epiphany.