BREAKING NEWS: Climbers to scale Mount Everest in a weekend by inhaling helium

Every Friday afternoon starting in May, a policeman, two influencers, a government minister and a banker will be sitting at their desks in London with half an eye on their pagers,. If the pagers bleep, they will be ready to jump up and put their trousers on (well, the influencers and the government minister anyway).

This is not because they are worried that the pagers might be sabotaged; they are waiting for a message that could take them on the trip of a lifetime.

Meanwhile, up at Everest Base ...