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Former Gurkha is among team of Nepalese climbers to make history as the first to conquer K2 in winter Ex-Gurkha and Special Boat Service soldier Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja was among them He and nine others reached the summit of the 28,251ft peak at midday UK time Took last few agonising steps together while singing Nepalese … Read more
As tough climbs go, there are few more gruelling than getting to the top of 24,580ft (7,492m) Mount Noshaq – the highest mountain in Afghanistan. It’s something that Welshman James Bingham discovered when he led a part Welsh, part American, team up it. The ultra-marathon runner and expert mountaineer summited Everest in 2007 – but … Read more
The lavish family home of an esteemed Roman general has been identified thanks to graffiti scrawled on a wall by one of his descendants, believed to be a young girl. Archaeologists have been working to excavate the site and found the graffiti just 4.5ft (1.39m) above the ground on one of the villa’s interior walls. It … Read more
Tyson Fury’s comeback, culminating in his sensational victory in Las Vegas in the early hours of yesterday, eclipses the storyline of Rocky (…and Rocky II… Rocky III… Rocky IV… and Rocky V). How so? You simply have to turn the clock back three years to a harrowing moment in October 2016 for evidence. Tyson is … Read more