British adventurer's unusual journey to the summit of Mount Everest
Mitchell Hutchcraft, a former Royal Marine, has clearly taken those words to heart, having undertaken a cross-continental triathlon of terrifying proportions. He set off from Dover for the Himalayas eight months ago, swimming 35km across the Channel, cycling 12,000km from France to India, running 900k to Kathmandu in Nepal and trekking 360k to Everest base camp, before going on
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