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Mountainous bicycle challenge complete

by catherinea | February 19, 2010

A British cyclist has said how "absolutely ecstatic" he feels to have finished a nine-month journey through the world's longest mountain range.

Mark Beaumont, pedalled the length of the American Cordillera, setting off from Anchorage in Alaska last May and reaching his final destination in Ushuaia, at the tip of Argentina, at 3.38pm on Thursday 18th February.

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