Three former Exeter Chiefs rugby players have completed their climb of Monte Rosa in the Alps, saying the challenge was “much harder” than they expected but their time playing the sport helped in spurring each other on.
Former teammates Greg Bateman, 34, Phil Dollman, 38, and Kai Horstmann, 41, started their ascent of Gran Paradiso on September 7 to allow them to acclimatise to the conditions, before tackling their main scale of Monte Rosa at a summit of 15,203ft (4,634m) on September 10.
