Obviously this didn’t make the front page of any of the papers today, not being as newsworthy as the latest in the Peter Andre Katie Price marriage break-up, or even the ‘story’ that somebody deliberately drove his Rolls-Royce into a supermarket. :rolleyes:
It didn’t even feature on the BBC Radio 2 news that I heard this morning, although news that the third man to voice Mickey Mouse had sadly passed away did make the cut!
I think climbing Everest when you are 65 years old, after suffering a heart-attack during your first attempt, not to mention the fact that you were the first man to cross both polar ice caps would have been worth a bit of news coverage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8060649.stm
Anyway, from me, congratulations Sir! 🙂
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By: BumbleBee - 22nd May 2009 at 10:03
The piece about it in today’s paper says he suffers from vertigo,so I hope he didn’t look down when he was standing on top of the world !
By: Loose-Head - 22nd May 2009 at 10:00
Fantastic effort, and glad he made it after his two previously unsuccessful attempts…..how many other 65 year olds would have gone back for another crack ?
By co-incidence, have just finished reading his autobiography ” Mad ,Bad and Dangerous to Know ” – a term bestowed upon him by his late wife’s disapproving father !! Worth a read, even if just to understand what he ( and his fellow adventurers ) have endured to complete some of their feats.
By: steve rowell - 22nd May 2009 at 02:36
This is the closest you can get to the moon by walking.”
What a great effort and what great quote!!!
By: hindenburg - 21st May 2009 at 22:42
I agree Creaking Door,Quite a feat….and I was moaning I was knackered after spending today sweating over a hot forge.
By: BumbleBee - 21st May 2009 at 21:56
Oops,hit the question mark by mistake.Must still be shaking from the four hour white-knuckle ride back from daughter’s university in her car .
By: BumbleBee - 21st May 2009 at 21:52
It was featured on the BBC’s morning programme while I was having my motel breakfast.As you say,an old-fashioned British hero,and so modest .
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