Carl sagan
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CLIMBING ANAPURNA
This is the story how Arlene Blum, an American mountaineer, led the first all women
team to climb Anapurna.
1. How long had she been planning theclimb? | She had beenplanning the climb for two years. |
2. How many women were in the team? | In the team were eleven women. |
3. How did they meet? | Two of them were Arlene's friends, and the rest of the group werechoose. |
4. When did the women arrive inKathmandu? | The women arrived in Kathmandu in August 6th 1978. |
5. Why did they climb with Sherpas? | They decided to climb with Sherpas because they know themountains very well and are excellent climbers and porters. |
6. How many camps did the teammake? | The team made five camps. |
7. Which was the most difficult part ofthe climb? | The mostdifficult part of the climb was above Camp 2. |
8. What was Arlene’s decision afternearly six weeks on the mountain? | Arlene decided to divide the gruop in two teams.|
9. Write a short description about thetwo teams? | TEAM 1: Is theteam of Irene, Vera Karmakova and Piro. They will use oxygen.Theu must try to reach the summit between 14th and 16th October. TEAM 2: Is the team of Vera Watson, Alison and Annie, with two Sherpas. |WRITE A SHORT PROFILE OF THE MOUNTAINEERS:
NAME | PROFILE |
Arlene Blum | An American mountaineer with many experience of climbing high mountains. |
Vera Watson | Forty-six years old and shewas a computer scientist. She had been climbing mountains for many years. |
Irene Miller | A scientist and a mother of two daughters. |
Joan Firey | Forty-nine years old. He had climbed mountainsall over America and Canada. |
Alison Chadwick | British climber who had climbed higher than any of them. |
Annie Whitehouse | Twenty-one years old and she was falling in love with Yeshi, the...
This is the story how Arlene Blum, an American mountaineer, led the first all women
team to climb Anapurna.
1. How long had she been planning theclimb? | She had beenplanning the climb for two years. |
2. How many women were in the team? | In the team were eleven women. |
3. How did they meet? | Two of them were Arlene's friends, and the rest of the group werechoose. |
4. When did the women arrive inKathmandu? | The women arrived in Kathmandu in August 6th 1978. |
5. Why did they climb with Sherpas? | They decided to climb with Sherpas because they know themountains very well and are excellent climbers and porters. |
6. How many camps did the teammake? | The team made five camps. |
7. Which was the most difficult part ofthe climb? | The mostdifficult part of the climb was above Camp 2. |
8. What was Arlene’s decision afternearly six weeks on the mountain? | Arlene decided to divide the gruop in two teams.|
9. Write a short description about thetwo teams? | TEAM 1: Is theteam of Irene, Vera Karmakova and Piro. They will use oxygen.Theu must try to reach the summit between 14th and 16th October. TEAM 2: Is the team of Vera Watson, Alison and Annie, with two Sherpas. |WRITE A SHORT PROFILE OF THE MOUNTAINEERS:
NAME | PROFILE |
Arlene Blum | An American mountaineer with many experience of climbing high mountains. |
Vera Watson | Forty-six years old and shewas a computer scientist. She had been climbing mountains for many years. |
Irene Miller | A scientist and a mother of two daughters. |
Joan Firey | Forty-nine years old. He had climbed mountainsall over America and Canada. |
Alison Chadwick | British climber who had climbed higher than any of them. |
Annie Whitehouse | Twenty-one years old and she was falling in love with Yeshi, the...
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