| 1 | Nothing compares with the beauty of standing on the summit of Everest and seeing far over the mountains, he says. | |
| 2 | The deepest point of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench, could swallow Mount Everest whole with more than a mile to spare. | |
| 3 | The 450ft rock tower thwarted attempts to climb it until 1966, way after Everest had been conquered. | |
| 4 | They are part of a team that set out this week to become the first group of American women to reach the summit of Mount Everest. |