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| Rockall adventurer fails in first attempt to land on remote Atlantic islet | Rockall adventurer fails in first attempt to land on remote Atlantic islet |
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| The adventurer Nick Hancock has failed in his first attempt to land on Rockall after encountering heavy seas around the remote Atlantic islet early on Friday morning. | The adventurer Nick Hancock has failed in his first attempt to land on Rockall after encountering heavy seas around the remote Atlantic islet early on Friday morning. |
| Stornoway coastguard said Hancock, a chartered surveyor from Edinburgh who is attempting to set two new occupation records on the tiny rock around 230 miles west of the Outer Hebrides, is expected to try again early on Saturday. | |
| He hopes to live there on his own for 60 days, beating the solo occupation record of 40 days set by SAS veteran Tom McClean in 1985, and the 42-day record set by three Greenpeace anti-oil exploration protesters in 1997. | He hopes to live there on his own for 60 days, beating the solo occupation record of 40 days set by SAS veteran Tom McClean in 1985, and the 42-day record set by three Greenpeace anti-oil exploration protesters in 1997. |
| Hancock, and a film crew working for BBC's One Show, was taken back on the Orca III cruise vessel to St Kilda, a remote archipelago 187 miles off the Western Isles where a small military monitoring station is based, to sleep and recuperate. | |
| The crew had been expecting heavy seas before they left port at Leverburgh in south Harris at 11am on Thursday, with swells as high as 8m forecast for Rockall over Thursday night and Friday morning. | The crew had been expecting heavy seas before they left port at Leverburgh in south Harris at 11am on Thursday, with swells as high as 8m forecast for Rockall over Thursday night and Friday morning. |
| A Maritime and Coastguard Agency official in the Stornoway operations centre said: "They did attempt a landing last night but it was not successful. They've returned to St Kilda and are going to attempt it again tomorrow." | A Maritime and Coastguard Agency official in the Stornoway operations centre said: "They did attempt a landing last night but it was not successful. They've returned to St Kilda and are going to attempt it again tomorrow." |
| The MCA said weather conditions in the Rockall area "were not favourable" last night. | The MCA said weather conditions in the Rockall area "were not favourable" last night. |
| Hancock said the crew knew when they left Leverburgh they only had a tight weather window early on Friday morning. | Hancock said the crew knew when they left Leverburgh they only had a tight weather window early on Friday morning. |
| Hancock predicted the first attempt to land his survival pod and equipment there could fail: "That's a very genuine possibility. At the end of the day, the skipper is in charge and he's using his men and equipment to get me there. If he calls it off, I really can't argue with him." | Hancock predicted the first attempt to land his survival pod and equipment there could fail: "That's a very genuine possibility. At the end of the day, the skipper is in charge and he's using his men and equipment to get me there. If he calls it off, I really can't argue with him." |
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