Thirty-six hours, 30,000 feet and eight climbs to ‘find your Everest’

At the top of the mountain, the sun had not yet crested the horizon. The hikers and dreamers had set their alarms early, pilgrims shuffling through the predawn chill in search of meaning and purpose. All of them carried something — for one man, bricks; others, grief; for many, fears or goals or both. Read more here.