Alan tells of his high life.

Mountaineer Alan Hinkes will be reliving his amazing experien-ces when he visits Newcastle.

Following his expedition to Kangchenjunga this year, the North East climber will be giving a lecture next Monday and detailing his plans to enter mountaineering history books.

He will be talking about his climbs to the summits of K2 and Everest, the hardest and highest peaks in the world, his involvement in the 50 years of Everest celebrations in Nepal and his latest expeditions to Anap-urna and Kangchenjunga, showing previously unseen footage.

He will also discuss Challenge 8000, Alan's quest to be the first Briton to climb all 14 of the world's mountains that reach higher than 8000m.

He set out to attempt number 13, Kangchenjunga, earlier this year but his expedition was thwarted when he contracted a serious bronchial infection half way through his trek to base camp and had to be flown out by helicopter.

That effort followed shortly after his record climb of Anapurna one of the world's most dangerous summits last year.

Alan's lecture will be held at Newcastle University's Curtis Auditorium next Monday at 7.30pm. Tickets at pounds 8.50 are available from Wildtrak in St Andrew's Street, Newcastle. For details call [phone].