Only a handful of Australians have reached the top of Earth’s highest mountain, and 6PR Breakfast show hosts Millsy and Karl spoke to one of these legends this Mount Everest Day.

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Zac Zaharias, owner of Peak Learning Adventures, conquered the 8,850-metre-high mountain on his third attempt, and he recalls the highs and lows of the achievement.

“I did walk past a number of bodies, I think in 2010 when I finally got to the top it was about 8 bodies I walked past, so you look at this and you go, keep going stay focused you don’t want that to happen to you, so it’s pretty awful,” he said.

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