00:00He's the last great explorer.
00:02Ladies and gentlemen, round five.
00:06Five, four, three, two, one.
00:08He wanted to do the things that hadn't been done by other people.
00:12To achieve that others haven't.
00:17If you had too much imagination, you'd never do these things, I don't think.
00:23You ropes are asking if I'd be interested in helping.
00:26What was the best way of doing the first journey around Earth?
00:29Vertically.
00:32Rather nice to have people who are proper eccentrics.
00:35He had this absolute drive and determination.
00:42It was an extraordinary, 52,000 miles.
00:46Lost various parts of his anatomy.
00:49It did sort of rather hurt.
00:54It is gloriously and refreshingly mad.
00:58Most of the time, I thought I'd never see him again.
01:03I kept seeing him.
01:04Did you realize how old you are?
01:06He didn't stop it.
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