Mike's Mate Mark Mounts the Mountain

It's a historic day for climbers and climbing in Western Australia. One of Michael's best friends has summited Mt Everest by the North Col route.



• Here's a message from Michael:

Hi Guys

Just a quick note to give you some great news. Sheeny (Mark Sheen) summited Everest this morning. Thankfully he decided to use supplementary oxygen. He did the climb amazingly quickly too. It can often take up to 10 hours to reach the summit: he made it in just under five hours... This really is world class!

I cant stress enough what an amazing life achievement this is. He's been through a lot in his life, but everything has come together for him this time. He will go down in history as the first West Australian to achieve this.

Today is a good day. I am hellishly proud of the Sheen. Well done mate. You are an inspiration.

Mikey




• And here's an excerpt from Mark's climbing team at DCXP:

At 12:05am 5th June Mark Sheen set out from high camp... Mark summited at 4:56am in time for dawn on the summit and set a blistering pace of only 4hrs 51minutes, wow! Must be that high flow oxygen at 4L/min combined with awesome fitness, top job Mark.

Feel free to leave your well-wishes for Mark Sheen under this post and we'll be sure he reads them.

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