Man conquers fear of heights on "Snowdon's deadliest ridge"

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A man with a phobia of heights conquered "Snowdon's deadliest ridge" after working for three years to conquer his fear.  Darren Clifton, 39, climbed the deadly Crib Goch that is more than 3,000ft above sea level.  The civil engineer from Manchester has always had a crippling fear of heights but began hiking five years ago.

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00:16 - You can stop on the edge.

00:39 - Yeah.

00:40 (heavy breathing)

00:43 - I don't know, I don't fancy doing that.

00:48 I know, but I don't wanna stay.

00:51 I just wanna, but no, I don't wanna be hanging over there.

00:55 So, one second, one second, one second.

00:58 It's me, I know, but I need to get my foot back.

00:59 I don't wanna go like this.

01:01 There we go.

01:04 I'm not a fan of this feel, mate.

01:09 I'm not a fan of it at all, I do not like that.

01:13 Don't wanna do that again.

01:15 I like that, that wasn't fun.

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