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Adam Sweeney

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398 total appearances

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Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

So I must have thought he was just asleep or something or just chilling for a second.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

But yeah, look, we were in the dark, so we were lucky we didn't see too many of them.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

But yeah, like that, you can see why the wrists are there.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

Like you're so exhausted sitting down for a second.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

You're kind of thinking, will I get back up and stuff like that?

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

But yeah.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

Yeah, no.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

Look, the risks were there, but it's so much more safe than a few years ago.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

The Everest movie was the weather and stuff like that.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

So that was the one thing we had to battle.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

There was the jet streams and they wouldn't go this year.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

They were staying up there.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

So you're thinking about frostbite the whole time.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

So that was a big one.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

That's why we turned around the first time, essentially.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

because we were absolutely freezing and stuff like that but uh look the risks are there and they will be there and i'm sure future expeditions and stuff like that but that's kind of the joys of it as well isn't it well yeah it's yeah why do we gravitate towards danger us human beings um have you any ideas there yeah it's a weird one and seeing some load of people there as well doing it so like it's obviously it's not just yourself over there doing it

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

Yeah, so I actually ran out of oxygen on the balcony.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

So my Sherpa had gone ahead.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

He got a bit snow blind, so he'd gone ahead.

Ray D'Arcy Daily
The Youngest Irish person to Summit Everest ; Adam Sweeney.

So just myself, it took me, I would say, four hours more than it should have taken me to get back down to Camp 4.