After an accident in his 20s left him being told he would never walk again, a mountain climber aims to complete a record-breaking climb of Everest.
“When you’re 8,000-plus metres in the death zone, the last thing you want to be doing is hanging around. So that slight nervousness I have, which I think is healthy, is just trying to get an understanding about the uncontrollables that are all around us.” “Fingers crossed we’ll be at base camp in about three days and we might be able to crack a beer and celebrate Rebecca’s first summit, my 16th summit and a successful descent by all the Sherpa team.”In his previous 15 trips up the mountain he has acted as a guide to a number of famous people including Sir Ranulph Fiennes and broadcaster Ben Fogle.
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