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Julia Clarke

A triathlon to the top of the world: British endurance athlete completes "impossible" 8,000-mile trek from sea level to Everest summit

Mitch Hutchcraft on the summit of Everest.

A former Royal British Marine and ultra-endurance athlete has become the first person to travel from the south coast of England to the summit of Mount Everest entirely under his own steam.

Mitch Hutchcraft reached the world's highest summit at 7:20am on May 11, eight months after setting off on what he calls the toughest expedition he's ever undertaken.

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