In the 1950s, their Edmund Hillary and Tending Norge became the first people to climb

to the summit of Mount Everest.

Over 6,000 people have reached the summit since, what compels climbers to make the truck

has been studied for decades.

When asked about his own motivation, Hillary famously said,

all of my life I've been afraid of having nothing to do, having no challenges to meet,

being bored.

Life has been a battle against boredom, but I've been quite good at thinking up adventures

and carrying them out.

And that sentiment has resonated with the 6,000 plus climbers who have followed in his footsteps

to the summit at the top of the world.

For those who will never reach its peak, Everest still beckons many who will stand in

its shadow and take in its grandeur from below.

Svati Narula was one of those people.

When Svati traveled to base camp to work in communications for an expedition, she thought

there'd be a buffer between her and the perils of Everest's high slopes.

But the mountain had other plans.

I made a decision to survive.

You're in that survival mode.

The idea of dying wasn't in my head.

I knew immediately it was the worst case scenario.

I was in a fight for my life situation.

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