A cell phone dealer from Kaunas, Lithuania, whose works takes him across Eastern Europe, Darius climbed Cho Oyu three years ago with Russell Brice. When he summited, he says he felt proud to be "higher than birds fly and taking almost no breath like a fish".

He claims to not actually like the process of climbing – just the reward afterwards, and believes that climbing Everest will be more of a mental than a physical challenge.

Darius is married with two children, aged 11 and 3. His family is worried but supportive about his latest adventure, "I tell them it is my dream – I have to go."

Darius co-leads a tour of Base Camp

Darius kills time at Base Camp by testing the limits of a gear barrel