Lewis Hamilton Reveals Plan to Climb Mount Everest After F1 Career Ends

For most people, the term "facing your Everest" is a metaphorical one. However, Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has revealed it is his intention to literally conquer the world's highest mountain. The 28-year-old climbed the 4,095-metre peak of Mount Kinabalu in Borneo last week, according to the Independent, who quote Hamilton as saying that's just a warm-up for the big one. I plan to climb a lot of mountains over the next five to 10 years, and eventually the big one at the end, at some stage. I've climbed the 20th highest mountain in the world (Kinabalu), but I'm not going to climb 20 mountains - my legs would be killing me! But I'll do Kilimanjaro, Mount Fuji, Mont Blanc and probably one in the States. I think Alaska is pro...

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