Everest Took Me to the Brink

Evening Chronicle › June 23, 2004

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A climber told today how he cheated death after conquering the world's highest mountain.

Ted Atkins, of Ashington, decided he would get to the 29,035ft roof of the world on his own after two previous team missions in which he did not reach the top.

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Everest Took Me to the Brink

But a hitch in his oxygen supply meant he ran out of air just seconds after achieving his ambition of climbing...

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