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BBC One - Richard Parks on Everest

Richard Parks attempts to summit Mount Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen.

Richard Parks attempts to summit Mount Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen, in a bid to discover the relationship between exercise and dementia.

When endurance athlete Richard Parks' godfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer's it inspired him to embark on one of the most dramatic and emotional adventures of his life. Richard decides to risk his life in one of the most extreme environments on earth to explore the relationship between exercise and dementia. Richard attempts to summit Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen, undertaking a series of experiments with a team of Welsh scientists.

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