<DIV>In May 2011, Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Babu Sunuwar set out on an unprecedented journey to climb Mount Everest, paraglide from its peak, and paddle 850 kilometers to the Indian Ocean in one continuous, non-motorized trip. Babu, twenty-eight and a father of two, had only been mountaineering once before. Lakpa, a father of one who grew up in the shadow of Everest, had summited the world’s tallest peak three times in his fifteen-year career as a high-altitude Sherpa—but he had never been kayaking. Or swimming, for that matter. And he had only just started paragliding. But after surviving the world’s tallest mountain, their world-record free flight off the top, numerous near-fatal swims, multiple robberies, bribes and an arrest, Babu and Lakpa soon discover that the most challenging part of their adventure is yet to come—dealing with international fame and success.</div>