Sponsored by Statewide Human Resources and Public Affairs, Expedition Everest is an exercise program  to promote continued daily exercise. Initially, participants wear a pedometer that tracks their normal steps until they find a daily average. They also use a conversion chart for a variety of other activities that aren't recorded on a pedometer.

This StartWalking event is designed as a hiking adventure through the Himalayas. We follow an ancient route that will take us through tiny villages, across high mountain passes, and through remote valleys, villages, and monasteries. Eventually this path leads to the planet's highest point. The summit of Mount Everest.

All participants will depart from Kathmandu, Nepal on a small plane for the remote mountainous village of Lukla, where we will begin the first part of the hiking adventure. The main concern will be getting our bodies to acclimatize to the high alltitude of the Himalayas. You will gradually start climbing to the high camps which begin at Everest Base Camp.

The second part of the climb starts by going through the notorious Khumbu Icefall where the objective hazard is high due to the crevasses, seracs and shifting blocks of ice.