Because it's there

She's been up Kinabalu, she’s going paragliding on Monday, she has a summer plan involving an even higher elevation.
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Noboriryu: Next summer? Thought I might go to Everest.

Fossil: Climb it?

Noboriryu: A bit of it. Like get up to base camp.

Fossil: What elevation’s it at?

Noboriryu: More than 5,000.

Fossil: OK, a bit more than Kinabalu. You wouldn’t strike out for the summit?

Noboriryu: I think not.

Fossil: Good idea. By the way, why is it that you like heights? Paragliding one week, Everest the next?

Noboriryu: New. Challenge. Come too.

Fossil: Me? Ha! I know my limits.

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