OUTDOORSmagic Member Returning To Everest

An OUTDOORSmagic member is setting his sights on Everest for the second time and hopefully, this year, he'll make it to the top.

Conan Harrod from Cheadle posts on the forum as 'Survivor', a reference to his previous attempt on the world's highest mountain in 2003 when he broke his leg just 250 metres below the summit after being collected by a falling American climber.

Helped by fellow members of his team and a Royal Marine expedition who were also on the mountain, he crawled and hopped his way back down to safety, an extraordinary undertaking at an altitude where any sort of serious injury normally proves to be fatal.

Conan's heading back to Nepal this spring for a second crack at Everest just a week after marrying his finance, Lindsay, who touchingly he met through OUTDOORSmagic. The first OM wedding as far as we know :-)

We're hoping to bring you an exclusive OM interview with our highest-climbing member next week, but in the mean time, Conan is raising money for Christies Against Cancer and you can make a donation at www.justgiving.com/everest. Note that the expedition is self-financed, so any money you choose to donate goes directly to the Christie Hospital, the largest single-site cancer research and treatment centre in Europe.

You can also catch up with Conan's media appearances at news.bbc.co.uk where you can find a link to a video report on his preparations.

You can also listen to Conan being interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live by using the BBC's Listen Again facility. Scroll down to 'Morning phone-in - Wednesday'. The interview with Conan is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes from the start of the programme - you don't have to listen to it all, just drag the slider to around the 90 minute mark.

Watch this space for more Conan, coming soon.