If Mount Everest is the iconic goddess of mountains, then Meru in the Indian Himalayas is the unattainable, unknowable bad-ass rock star, beckoning to a chosen few from an impossibly remote place high in the sky. Unlike Everest, Meru isn't famed for its legendary climbs and world records. New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary never attempted to climb it (if he did, he kept it a secret) and the mountaineers who rise to the challenge are not the type seeking personal glory. In fact, most people aren't aware of its existence.