From the wild heat of Death Valley to Alaska's deadliest mountain. A British explorer's astonishing 3,500-mile journey through some of North America's most extreme landscapes on skis, on foot...and by bike
Oli France cycled through Death Valley to Alaska before climbing Mount Denali. The Wigan-born explorer is the first Briton to complete the journey in 20 years. READ MORE: I took a sleeper train through North Korea - this is what it looked like -section byline-plain">By Jessica Hamilton
Talk about highs and lows.
British explorer Oli France braved the wild heat of Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, then biked and skied 3,500 miles to Alaska, where he reached the highest point in North America, Mount Denali .
Which is also Alaska's deadliest peak, having claimed the lives of 126 climbers since 1932.
It took the 33-year-old father-of-two from Wigan 64 days to do it. the summit.
He completed the first stage alone, cycling across America and Canada to the foothills of Denali National Park, where he met a team of four climbers. who joined him to climb Denali via the West Buttress Route.
Oli, who became the first Briton to complete the journey in 20 years, told MailOnline Travel: “I started out thinking it would be the hardest physical, mental and logistical challenge I have ever taken on. I wasn't wrong.'
Talk about highs and lows.
British explorer Oli France braved the wild heat of Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, then biked and skied 3,500 miles to Alaska, where he reached the highest point in North America, Mount Denali .
Which is also Alaska's deadliest peak, having claimed the lives of 126 climbers since 1932.
It took the 33-year-old father-of-two from Wigan 64 days to do it. the summit.
He completed the first stage alone, cycling across America and Canada to the foothills of Denali National Park, where he met a team of four climbers. who joined him to climb Denali via the West Buttress Route.
Oli, who became the first Briton to complete the journey in 20 years, told MailOnline Travel: “I started out thinking it would be the hardest physical, mental and logistical challenge I have ever taken on. I wasn't wrong.'
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