Ms Bond grew up in Hong Kong and went to boarding school in the UK
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A British woman who broke a world record by climbing the highest peaks of seven continents in less than a year has arrived back in London.
Annabelle Bond, a former estate agent and daughter of HSBC bank head Sir John Bond, said she was glad to be home.
The 35-year-old suffered frostbite twice and said she felt lucky to survive Everest after two climbers who joined their party died on the descent.
The trip raised more than �800,000 for research into gynaecological cancers.
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Ms Bond, currently based in South Kensington, London, completed the feat in 360 days.
She set a new world record by succeeding in less than half the time of the previous fastest woman, and in the fourth fastest time overall.
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The things people take for granted I really appreciate these days such as a carpet on the floor... and being able to wash my hair
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The biggest problem had been keeping to the schedule, she said, adding that it was a "logistical nightmare" to climb each mountain in the right season.
The mountaineer was twice admitted to hospital with frostbite and said it was a challenge to maintain her fitness levels while living on little other than freeze-dried food.
Benign tumour
She said she had coped with the trauma of the Everest deaths by using "mental discipline".
"You cannot let your thoughts about what might happen run away with you. You have to think 'I can do this, it's not going to happen to me'."
Only 78 people have ever completed the seven summits, seven of them women.
Ms Bond scaled:
Mount Everest, in Nepal/Tibet, Asia
Aconcagua, in Argentina, South America
Mount Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, Alaska, North America
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa
Ebrus, Russia, Europe
Vinson Massif, Ellsworth Range, Antarctica
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