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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Mark Hoult's 20-hour Everest-like hike at Glenrock raises $10,000 for Cancer Council

Mr Hoult hiked non-stop laps of the hill into Glenrock until he reached just over the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

A HUNTER man has scaled the height of Mount Everest over the long weekend in a mammoth effort which took him 20 hours and 14 minutes and raised more than $10,000 for the Cancer Council.

Mark Hoult, a 46-year-old project manager from Raworth, started at Hickson Street Lookout at 3pm Saturday, June 11, and hiked 114 non-stop laps of the hill into Glenrock until he reached the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest.

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