Everest diaries: 'Rollercoaster of emotions' in Johnny Ward’s first week climbing Mount Everest

Galway-born Johnny Ward has his sights set on being the first person to visit every country in the world, reach the North and South Poles and scale the seven highest summits in the world. He will be documenting his 50-day journey to the top of Everest, the highest mountain peak in the world, weekly on irishexaminer.com.

Johnny Ward is documenting his journey up Everest and he has some interesting insights from the past week

APRIL 7: Everest bound… 

The team for the next couple of months.