The highs and lows of Cork adventurer

HE was a millionaire in his 20s, lost it all, and reinvented himself as one of the country’s best-known adventurers.

Now the story of serial adventurer Pat Falvey, the only man in the world to have climbed the highest peaks in every continent twice, is about to hit our TV screens.

It features dramatic footage and revelations, including how the Corkman’s determination to bring the tricolour to the summit of Mount Everest provoked debate and animosity.