Cumbrian climber Leo Houlding has made history as one of the first people to scale three huge Canadian rock faces in less that 24 hours.

The 37-year-old adventurer teamed up with Canadian Will Stanhope last month to tackle the west faces of Howser Towers in the Bugaboos mountain range in Canada - a challenge he thought might have been beyond reach.

They completed more than 2,000m of vertical and over-vertical climbing in 23 hours 30 minutes.

It is the first time all of the iconic summits have been reached by their demanding west faces by the same team in a single day.

Speaking upon his return Leo said: "Climbing like that over such distance with a partner like Will was a joy.

"Although it was a serious challenge with its fair share of hardship, it was nothing but fun.

"It was a bit stressful in the run up to the ascent as I thought we may have set the bar just a bit too far beyond our reach.

"However, as it turned out, and in no small part to Will's incredible talent, we pulled it off.

"It was the ultimate challenge, so hard we nearly didn't do it, but on the last day of the trip we managed it with just minutes to spare."

The pair were accompanied by Waldo Etherington, Wilson Cutbirth and Adrian Samara.

Leo is now preparing for his next expedition which will see him lead a three-man international team on a 70-day, 2000km journey to one of the most remote mountains on earth, a 750m peak called Spectare, in Antarctica's Gothic Mountains.