Some call climbing over 8000m the ultimate adventure, others say it's a gamble with death.

Our various endurance magazine readers are incredibly passionate about active life outside, so we spent time with 3 of the country's most successful high altitude climbers to find out why, and if so how.

Listen to our conversation Remy Kloos, the first ever South African to scale both Mount Everest and Lhotse within 24 hours, and John Black & Warren Eva who just became the first Saffas to scale the daunting K2.

We ask them why and how they achieved the unthinkable, whether anyone can, and what it would take for you to experience the unique view from on top of the world, at least once in your life.