The adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has created a new record by reaching the summit of Mount Everest. He is the first man to cross both the polar ice-caps and climb 8,850 metres (29,035ft) to the world's highest peak.
He had to abandon a previous attempt in 2005 after having a heart attack. Exhaustion forced him to turn back when he tried to climb it again last year.
The explorer is perhaps best known for a three-year transglobe expedition - the first successful circumnavigation of the world on its polar axis - which was completed in 1982.
Sir Ranulph has previously travelled to the North Pole unaided, along with Dr Mike Stroud, as well as a 97-day trek across Antarctica.
Sir Ranulph had a triple heart bypass in 2003 after suffering from a heart attack. Only four months later, he and Dr Stroud ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.