Ex-Royal Marine completes world’s longest triathlon by scaling Everest

Ex-marine climbs Everest after 'record-breaking' triathlon

Mitch Hutchcraft and his team say the challenge is the longest ever ascent of Everest.

Former Royal Marine completes ‘world’s longest triathlon’ at Everest summit

Mitch Hutchcraft set off from Dover last September and reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday. A former Royal Marine has completed the “world’s longest triathlon”, which he started in the UK and finished at the summit of Mount Everest. Mitch Hutchcraft, 32, from Cambridgeshire, travelled more than 8,000 miles in 240 days by swimming, cycling, running and trekking before reaching the world’s highest peak on Sunday. After setting off from D…

British adventurer’s unusual journey to the summit of Mount Everest

It is, perhaps, a mark of human progress that climbers like Mitchell Hutchcraft, a former Royal Marine, now layer challenge upon challenge

Ex-Royal Marine completes world’s longest triathlon by scaling Everest

Mitch Hutchcraft swam across Channel, cycled through 19 countries and ran 560 miles, before climbing highest mountain on Earth

Expedition to the Unknown: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine's Final Climb - New York Weekly

By: Elowen Gray The Enigma of Mount Everest’s Greatest Mystery The story of George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine has captivated the mountaineering world for decades, blending tragedy with mystery. On June 8, 1924, the two British climbers finally attempted to summit Mount Everest. Nearly a century later, one key question remains unresolved: Did they reach the summit nearly 30 years before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s historic asce…

A British ex-marine has achieved a remarkable feat that few will be able to match. He has reached the summit of Mount Everest after swimming, cycling and running 12,831 kilometres.