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Peter Wells is an Australian television presenter and adventurer.

Adventure
Mount Everest

On 23 May 2010 Wells became the 52nd Australian to summit Mount Everest. He was part of an Australian Expedition raising awareness of Bowel Cancer Australia. Wells climbed the classic south-east route of Everest in Nepal, traversing the South Col, the same route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

He undertook a rigorous acclimatisation program as part of his preparations, including climbs through the notorious Khumbu Icefall.

After 2 months of climbing, Wells left Camp 4 at 8.30pm on 22 May 2010 on his final push to the summit. He climbed through the night into the Death Zone using supplementary bottled oxygen. Suffering from extreme cold in his toes above 8,000m Wells sought to generate warmth in his body by increasing his climbing pace, causing him to separate from his party. At first light Wells was placed on the South Summit of Everest. He climbed the Hillary Step and summitted Mount Everest at 5.19am on 23 May 2010. Wells remained on the summit for 22 minutes.

Wells descended 2,500m from the summit to Camp 2, choosing not to stop and sleep at Camp 4 for fear of loss of function of his oxygen apparatus. He collapsed from exhaustion behind Camp 2 at around 6pm, having climbed for 21.5 hours.

Wells filmed his climb of Mount Everest using a Sony Camcorder, the footage later made into a 45-minute documentary called "The Hill". Wells was sponsored by Australian Geographic, and flew its flag on the summit.

Cho Oyu

On 26 September 2005 Wells climbed to the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, the world's 6th highest mountain (8,201m). Wells' first attempt at an Eight-thousander was hampered by adverse weather. His expedition team was forced to shorten its planned acclimatisation program, causing less physical and physiological preparedness for the summit attempt. Wells experienced debilitating Altitude sickness at 5,800m on Cho Oyu.

After a month of climbing the mountain and suffering cold, exhaustion and vomiting, Wells summitted in the early morning of 26 September.

Bass Strait

In 2012 Wells paddled a surf life saving Surf ski across Bass Strait. He departed from Port Welshpool to arrive at Wilsons Promontory, where he camped with a team of four paddlers. Using the Furneaux Group of islands, he arrived in Tasmania a week later.

Tsartse

In 2013 Wells and an Australian climbing partner attempted to climb a remote mountain in the Dhaulagiri Region of Nepal. The 3-week expedition was thwarted by bad weather and the loss of a Sherpa Guide from the expedition due to oedema. Two attempts at the summit were made, using different routes for each, but neither were successful.

Television
Wells' career with Seven Network began when he joined the Sydney Weekender team in 2008, presenting adventure and lifestyle stories. Wells' contributions to the popular travel program include flying a fighter jet, skydiving, riding bulls and diving with sharks. Wells is still a regular presenter on Sydney Weekender.

In 2010 Wells was featured on Channel 7's Sunday Night for his climb of Mount Everest. In his interview with Alex Cullen Wells said he had most feared High-altitude cerebral edema, a medical condition at high altitude where the brain swells with fluid and can cause disorientation and death with little warning.

In 2012 Wells presented Seven's The Great Outdoors with Tom Williams, Rachael Finch and Adam Brand.

In 2013 Wells presented a travel documentary on Samoa for Australian Geographic. In the closing shot of the documentary Wells surfs a wave over a shallow reef and takes the viewer inside the 'barrel' of the wave using a Go-Pro camera.

In 2014 Wells hosted Seven's 'Discovery Road', a one-hour travel special covering a road trip with Toyota around Australia.

In 2015 Wells hosted an online aviation adventure program for pilots called 'Out-n-Back', for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Wells travelled in a Cessna-172 from Bathurst to North Queensland and back.

In January 2016 Wells presented the live national weather on Seven's Sunrise Program. Wells joins Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise periodically to answer questions about Mount Everest, particularly about topical issues like overcrowding in recent years.