Just staying here seems quite positive to me, forming some history. A base camp for any further ascent seems prudent in any endeavour to scale great heights

Aha a great excuse for me to post @degewa's excellent view of Everest from the foothills.

Qomolangma (Mother of the Snows aka Everest) is ~5 miles high. 1 in 10 who enter the death zone up there do not return alive.
The moon is ~250,000 miles further on up.