On top of the world: John Burke on his plan to climb Everest

While Aoibhín Garrihy was rehearsing for Dancing with the Stars, her husband John Burke was training to climb Everest. As he embarks on his journey, he speaks to Colm O’Connor from base camp. 

John Burke isn’t a man for letting the grass grow under his feet. In 2013 he let the world in on a little secret — he wanted to climb Mount Everest.

While the majority would then devote their time and effort into the excuses required to deflate, and then abandon such a stated ambition, Burke threw himself headlong into making the project a reality.