Welcome to the Mark Wood Explorer Podcast. Join Mark on his latest expedition as he battles through some of the world's most extreme terrain to summit Mount Everest.

In this episode an emotional Mark reveals that this expedition - for him - might be finished on medical grounds. During one of the standard training ascents Mark started to feel very unwell and the decisions was made to immediately head back to Basecamp to get medical assistance. Tests, some time on an oxygen tank and a few ECG’s later it was revealed that Mark has a serious chest infection and might not be able to continue on this ascent of Everest. Given that Mark - and the wider team - have been in training for 2 months already this is a cutting blow and you can hear the upset in Mark’s voice, however, as he highlights, the success of a trek is getting home safely, so that focus has to be the priority. 

Keep up to date with the very latest developments of Mark's most recent expedition via each episode of the podcast plus his regularly updated explorer journal via markwoodexplorerjournal.com

The Mark Wood Explorer Podcast is a Champions Of Media Production