Metaverse 3010 -- Climbing Mt. Everest in the age of AI / VR

As Rajan prepares for his second attempt to climb Mount Everest and wears his Oculus VR 108.1, he feels better prepared this time compared to his first climb two years ago. Having paid $20K to repair and upgrade his avatar from previous damages, he also had acquired the state of the art virtual gear recommended by the best AI Trainer available in the market -- The Nimbus 314 which he hired for $50K. With 80% of his biannual earnings invested in this attempt, Rajan feels he has left no stone unturned this time and he is all set to be the Everest climber 209,441 in the Metaverse 005 and will have rightfully earned the right to his first Everest summit peak flag NFT(whose current market value was going at $149K). However, as he rests in his rented NFT tent in the Everest Base camp, looking through his VR lens, he remembers his first failed attempt. It was the year 3008, and he had completed two years at his lucrative job as an AI Model for a top tech company specializing in building state-of-the-art AI avatars for humans and owner of one of the 5 most popular metaverses. As an employee, he was eligible for a 50% discount for his first avatar purchase which he utilized immediately by going for 14Trekker 89.0 avatar as he wanted to be an avid virtual trekker like his parents.