Music: J. Willgoose. Esq.
Once there was a mountain called Peak XV
Nothing was known about it
In 1852 the surveyors found it was the highest in the world
And they named it Everest
When men were first drawn to Everest
It was an unknown quantity
Something entirely beyond them
A climber climbs with his guts, his brain, his soul, and his feet
All bound for a cold and white world
A world that is all up and up
The air is getting thinner and thinner
At such heights when you're lacking oxygen
You may think you're normal but you're not
You're moving in a dream
A dream that deludes and debilitates
Two very small men cutting steps in the roof of the world
Why should a man climb Everest?
Because it is there