article_snippet: Ash Dykes, 24, who is nicknamed the 'lonely snow leopard', last year impressively spent 78 days alone, crossing 1,500 miles of the unforgiving Gobi Desert and the vast Mongolian steppe.
article_snippet: Famous English explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who was the first person to reach both poles, commended the Welshman, saying him feat was 'an example of great determination.'
article_snippet: After 78 days of travelling alone
article_snippet: Ash  became the first known person to walk across Mongolia .
article_snippet: The Lonely Snow Leopard' perseverance even saw The Lonely Snow Leopard' travel 34 miles in one day, walking for 14 hours straight at an altitude of more than 8,000ft.
article_snippet: Ash Dykes' longest day of walking saw The Lonely Snow Leopard' on The Lonely Snow Leopard' feet for 14 hours as The Lonely Snow Leopard' covered 34 miles .
highlights_snippet: He is the first known person to cross the vast country solo and on foot .
  