Basic Info
First Air: July 26, 2011
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Last Episode
Name: Episode #1.3
Season: 1, Episode: 3
Air Date: 2011-08-09
The final programme with exclusive coverage of Richard Parks's record-breaking attempt to climb the world's highest peaks and reach the poles. Frostbite from the Everest climb meant that Richard Parks's world record attempt was now in serious jeopardy. Not only was he facing the prospect of losing a limb, but his next leg - climbing Denali in Alaska - freezing storms at altitude would now become a bigger threat to his life. The dangers of Denali though proved to be even more acute, with Richard falling into a crevasse - a ledge seven metres down prevented a fall into ...
Richard Parks: Conquering the World
2011
1 seasons
3 episodes
Overview
In December 2010, former Wales rugby international Richard Parks set off on a record-breaking challenge to conquer the highest summits on every continent. His epic 737 Challenge - 7 summits including the 3 geographical poles in 7 months - would be a feat never before attained by a human being. When an injury brought his rugby career to a premature end, he set his sights on completing an adventure that would raise a million pounds to help cancer sufferers and after 18 months of preparation his first goal would be to reach the South Pole by the last day of 2010. The clock to complete the challenge would then start to tick.
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