Hayes has next expedition in mind after conquering K2

Sport360 staff 07:55 18/08/2014
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  • On top of the world: Adrian Henley stands at the K2 summit.

    UAE-based adventurer Adrian Hayes, who recently conquered K2, will start planning his new expedition challenge when he returns to Dubai next month.

    Hayes summited the sec­ond highest mountain last month, 60 years after the first conquest of K2, and almost a year to the day after his first attempt was aborted due to bad weather.

    Regarded as the world’s most difficult mountain to climb, Hayes and Cana­dian team-mate Al Hancock reached the summit after travelling 8,611m over five days.

    “I know what I’m doing next year but I will have to talk to stakeholders and will start organising and planning for that in September,” said Hayes, who has now returned to the UK for a short break.

    “There’s nothing certain as of now.”

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