Richard Parks: from record-breaking solitude in Antarctica to flat isolation

After a successful rugby career, including four appearances for Wales, Parks is now a world record holder in endurance skiingAs each of us languishes in isolation, one man is about to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for being on his own. When the next edition of every aspirant child’s bible comes out later this year, Richard Parks will be included for skiing more miles (2,299) in Antarctica, solo, unassisted and unsupported, than anyone else.If geographical isolation is the measure, no one has been lonelier. And yet over the phone in our new reality he can be heard handling the demand…