Author: Amanda Hudgins
![In a field of bifurcated blue is the cover for Jim Davidson's book The Next Everest, which has a picture of the mountain itself.](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/thenexteverest.png)
2600 Words on The Next Everest
When Davidson brings up the idea of returning to the mountain to his wife he writes: “how unlike other husbands, I didn’t spend money on boats, motorcycles or fancy cars” as though there is anything more midlife crisis than spending over $50,000 on the chance to die on a very tall mountain.