Well...
Not all the way, no, but:

"Blessed is also an adventurer. On three occasions, he has tried to climb Mount Everest (though he never reached the summit), and climbed higher than any other man of his age (56 years at the time; his height record was broken by Yuichiro Miura, aged 70, in 2003) during one attempt in 1993. He was on the mountain on May 10, 1996, when 8 climbers were killed in a sudden late-afternoon blizzard, though Blessed was safe at his base camp that day."
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Sun 30 Dec 2007, 18:51, Reply)