ɪnðə sˈʌmɚɹi ʌv bˈaɪ dʒˈuːpɪɾɚ ænd ˈʌðɚ stˈoːɹiz, ˈæzᵻmˌɑːf klˈeɪmz hiː fɹˈiːkwəntli jˈuːzd ðɪs stˈoːɹi tə ʃˈoʊ hˌaʊ pˈʊɹ hiː wʌz æt pɹɪdˈɪktɪŋ ðə fjˈuːtʃɚ: ˈɛvɚɹɪst wʌz səksˈɛsfəli klˈaɪmd ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː, ænd ðə stˈoːɹi ɔːlðˈoʊ ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪn ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː dɪdnˌɑːt ɐpˈɪɹ ɪn pɹˈɪnt ʌntˈɪl dᵻsˈɛmbɚɹ ʌv ðæt jˈɪɹ, mˈiːnɪŋ ˈæzᵻmˌɑːf pɹɪdˈɪktᵻd ˈɛvɚɹɪst wʊd nˈɛvɚ biː kˈɑːŋkɚd sˈɛvən mˈʌnθs ˈæftɚɹ ɪt wˈʌz.
In the summary of Buy Jupiter and Other Stories, Asimov claims he frequently used this story to show how poor he was at predicting the future: Everest was successfully climbed in May 1953, and the story (although written in April 1953) did not appear in print until December of that year, meaning Asimov predicted Everest would never be conquered seven months after it was.