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Tue 05 May 2010Man conquers fears to be 17th Irish person to climb Everest
A DUBLIN-born man has become the 17th Irish person to ascend Mount Everest and the fourth Irish person to have climbed seven of the world’s highest mountains.
Vivian Rigney (39), an executive coach from Stepaside, Co Dublin, reached the 8,848-metre (29,029ft) summit of Everest at the weekend as part of a US-led expedition from the Nepalese or south side of the peak.
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