Mountaineer compares climbing Everest and Cape Epic

Renato Sabbioni and Alex Harris during the Prologue of the 2012 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race

Renato Sabbioni and Alex Harris during the Prologue of the 2012 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race (Image credit: Gary Perkin/Cape Epic/Sportzpics)

World-renowned mountaineer and polar adventurer, Alex Harris, took up the challenge of riding the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race this year. At 25 years of age in 1996, Harris was the youngest person ever to lead an expedition to Mount Everest.