The Summit

The Summit Tick the qualities that are required to achieve such a feat. passion reward determination physical fitness fame faith courage money drive vengeance inspiration self-satisfaction vision undying spirit inner-urge perseverance This prose unit is a slightly adapted excerpt from ‘The Ascent of Everest’ by John Hunt. Sir Edmund Hillary’s own words, tells how the summit of the Everest was reached. On May there were six men at Camp on the South Col: Edmund Hillary, Tenzing, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, and the two Sherpas, Pemba and Ang Nyima. But Pemba was too ill to climb. The others, heavily laden, climbed that day to a height of , feet. Here, Hillary and Tenzing put up a little tent, and watched their three companions go down the ridge, back towards the South Col. As the sun set, Hillary and Tenzing crawled into the tent, put on all their warm clothing, Edmund Hillary Warm Up Adventures, expeditions and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even more thrilling. The only question that comes to one’s mind is what makes one to take up such tasks that involve high risks. It is the spirit of formidable adventure and certain qualities which make them achieve such feats.