Irish climber breaks seven summits record

An Irish climber has smashed the world record for the fastest ascent of the seven highest mountains on all seven continents by a full month. Ian McKeever reached the summit of Mount McKinley in Alaska at 11.10pm (8.10am Irish time) on Saturday, slicing 31 days off the previous seven summits record of 187 days set by Canadian Daniel Griffith in November of last year. Login or subscribe for more.