Mount Everest

Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Hanesbrands’ Mount Everest climbing team, led by international mountaineer Jamie Clarke, reached the 29,035-foot summit of the world’s highest peak this morning, celebrating a 30-month endeavor to design and test innovative apparel and inspire others to achieve their own self-defined summits.

Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., which is leading Expedition Hanesbrands to climb Mount Everest this spring, announced today that it will take Winston-Salem, N.C., high school student LaQuishia Stone to visit the world’s highest mountain to inspire other students to set ambitious goals in life.