personal Everest
n.— «We awoke at dawn resembling damp tramps but feeling as if we had climbed a personal Everest of endurance…well maybe a Pen y Fan. Gordon Brown has his opinions on what defines courage. In my book, it’s spending a night in a tepee in Hay.» —“Surviving a night in a damp tepee” by Carolyn Hitt icWales (Cardiff, Wales) May 28, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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