Expedition Hanesbrands Chooses Winston-Salem,
N.C., Carver High School Student and Faculty
Member to Trek to Mount Everest Base Camp
17-Year-Old High School Junior LaQuishia Stone, Her Mother, and Guidance Counselor Theresa Hamer Will
Depart Next Week for Nepal to Trek Through the Khumbu Valley to Mount Everest Base Camp as
Ambassadors for Their School and Community
April 14, 2010 04:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Hanesbrands Inc., which is leading Expedition
Hanesbrands to climb Mount Everest this spring, announced today that it will take Winston-Salem, N.C., high
school student LaQuishia Stone to visit the world’s highest mountain to inspire other students to set ambitious goals
in life.
The 17-year-old Carver High School junior and school guidance counselor Theresa Hamer were selected to
represent the school community, affectionately known as Carver Nation, on the expedition after writing essays and
conducting interviews with a selection committee. LaQuishia’s mother, LaShonda Stone, will accompany her
daughter.
The roundtrip cultural expedition that will travel through Himalayan Sherpa villages departs April 21 and will take
three weeks. If the group makes it to Everest base camp at 17,700 feet, they will get a firsthand glimpse of the
staging area for climbing the world’s highest mountain whose summit is 29,035 feet.
LaQuishia and Hamer will communicate from the mountain via written, video, and audio postings on the official
Expedition Web site – www.ClimbWithUs.com.
“I am so excited to go to Mount Everest,” LaQuishia said. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience a
foreign culture, and something I will remember forever. My friends and family did not believe me at first when I told
them I was going to Mount Everest. Now that they know the trip is for real everyone has been sending well-wishes
and letting me know they are proud of me for making this journey.”
Hanesbrands and the leader of its expedition, inter