Hi Everyone!! This article will share My Tryst With Everest Questions & Answers.
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My Tryst With Everest Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. All climbers used to bite into the frozen surface with
(a) a sword
(b) a hammer
(c) an ice-axes
(d) none of these
2. The name of the rope mate was
(a) Lhatoo Dorjee
(b) Bachendri Pal
(c) Ang Dorjee
(d) none of these
3. The narrator of the story is
(a) Ang Dorjee
(b) Lithoo Dorjee
(c) Bachendri Pal
(d) none of these
4. Bachendri Pal was happy to reach at the top of Everest because
(a) she was the first woman
(b) she was tired
(c) she reached there first
(d) none of these
Question 2: Complete these sentences:
1. Ang Dorjee’s feet got very cold because he was going to climb without oxygen.
2. I agreed to accompany Ang Dorjee because I had confidence in him as well as in my stamina and climbing capability.
3. Lhatoo increased the oxygen flow on my regulator and I found even the steeper stretches easier because he noticed that I had been climbing with oxygen at about two and a half litres per minute against the normal four for these heights.
4. I was thrilled when Ang Dorjee pointed towards the top because the goal was near.
5. My heart stood still when I stood on the top of the Everest because I was the first woman to have done so.
Question 3: Who were the two people to attempt the final climb to the summit? Where were they?
Answer: Ang Dorjee and Bachendri Pal were the two people to attempt the final climb to the summit were at the South Col.
Question 4: Ang Dorjee did not want to use oxygen to climb. What did he have to keep in mind in order to do this?
Answer: He had to avoid long exposure at heights.
Question 5: Why were they the only two to make the attempt?
Answer: They were the only two to make the attempt because no one else was ready to move at the time of extreme cold.
Question 6: ‘The steep frozen slopes were as hard and brittle as glass’. What made them like that?
Answer: The step frozen slopes were like that because they were covered in ice or frost, making them hard, brittle and slippery similar to the texture and appearance of glass.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.