James McManus, an Elite Irish Adventurer hopes to make history by becoming the first ever person from Ireland to climb Mount Everest without using supplementary oxygen. If successful James will join an elite list of just 216 people who have ever managed to complete this extreme mountaineering challenge. James spoke to Newstalk Breakfast about the mammoth challenge he is undertaking.
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