The perfect companion to No Summit Out of Sight, the true story of Jordan Romero, the youngest to climb Everest at age thirteen. The four teens are climbing from the south at the same time Jordan's going up from the north. They keep track of his progress. His determination inspires them to keep going when they falter. Jaya, Amy, Galen, and Logan set out to climb Everest to earn a million dollar donation for a children's cancer hospital and another half million if Jaya sets the record for youngest girl to summit. Her father accompanies them as trainer and coach in a land where they work with the Sherpas who make reaching the top possible. Blizzards, avalanches, gaping crevasses, towering blocks of ice, and altitude sickness threaten every step of the way. They soon learn the truth of a quote by Edmund Hillary, the first to summit Everest. "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." Each teen comes with tough personal issues and must make a life-altering decision by the end. Emotions and hormones rush out of control the higher they climb into thinning air. A saucy Brazilian girl competing with Jaya for the record sabotages the team. Tempers flare between the boys over dark secrets they share. Jealousies abound. Amy's crazy about Galen who likes Jaya who's turned on by their totally hot, young Sherpa guide, Tenzing. Will she experience her first love before beginning the final ascent? Will they all reach the roof of the world and return alive?