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Dubai: Adventurer Adrian Hayes has reached the North Pole after a “brutal” 50-day trek in temperatures as low as -60C.
The Dubai-based Briton, who last year scaled Mount Everest, reached his goal at 2pm Dubai time on Tuesday after 775km of walking.
His success takes him one step closer to reaching his ultimate goal of conquering all three “poles” – the North Pole, the South Pole and Everest.
Speaking to Gulf News by satellite telephone from the North Pole, Hayes said he was exhausted but “on top of the world”.
“I am elated but so tired. We’ve been going for 14 hours a day for the past 10 days and now we’re able to stop for a few hours. I have been looking forward to this and I am very relieved.
“This has to be the hardest physical challenge in the world. This has to be the most brutal terrain on Earth. Everest is very tough but it was few days here, a few days there, but this has been constant,” he said.
Hayes, who is sponsored by Emirates Bank, Renaissance Services and Mondial/Financial Partners, has been raising money for the Children”s Hope Foundation. To donate log on to www.adrianhayes.com.
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