Voluntarily climbing the top of a mountain is like a hobby rich people do. Later it became a matter of nationalism.
A climbing expedition takes a ton of money.
BS. Climbing was first done by crazy Mountain Kids, then the big state sponsored expeditions started (a first that was the north and south-pole), GB missed both and shifted to the biggest mountain with GB "Won" the race, hence the name of Everest as the "third pole".
A modern (new age) expedition looks more like that (no Sherpas no help from others who don't climb):
