Richard Parks

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.

In December 2010, former Wales rugby international Richard Parks set off on a record-breaking challenge to conquer the highest summits on every continent. His epic 737 Challenge - 7 summits including the 3 geographical poles in 7 months - would be a feat never before attained by a human being. When an injury brought his rugby career to a premature end, he set his sights on completing an adventure that would raise a million pounds to help cancer sufferers and after 18 months of preparation his first goal would be to reach the South Pole by the last day of 2010. The clock to complete the challenge would then start to tick.

Adventurer Richard Parks explores the crucial days that have changed the course of Welsh history. Surprising and inspiring, in triumph or despair, these are the days that forged not only Wales, but the whole world. He begins by charting the change that comes in the wake of victory. It's the story of Wales as it's never been told before.