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6.2 Lee How do you know Sara? Jim We met at university. Lee Oh, yeah? Were you on the same course? Jim No, actually we met through sport. Anyway, what about you? How did you meet Sara?
Lee I knew her at primary school. Jim Really? Lee Yeah, we were best friends, but then her family moved and we lost contact.
Jim So how did you meet again? Lee We met at a party in the summer. We got on really well – just like before.
Jim That’s amazing after all those years. Lee Yes, it is. Anyway, what do you do, Jim? Jim Oh, I’m a designer. I work for a company in Abu Dhabi.
Slideshow – Who really conquered Everest? Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. It is 8,848 metres, or 29,028 feet, above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Half of Everest is in Nepal and half is in China. There are two main climbing routes: one from the south-east and one from the north. There is a sign for new climbers. The climbers set up a base camp at the bottom of the mountain. They wait for good weather before the climb to the top. Sometimes climbers have to wait weeks. Everest is very dangerous and difficult to climb. There are a lot of snowstorms. And there are lots of steep and dangerous places. There is very little oxygen and climbers have to take oxygen tanks with them. Climbers suffer from the cold and exhaustion. In the 1920s, people became very interested in mountain climbing. Many people tried to conquer Everest, but there were many failures. In those days, the climbers were not prepared. They had only very basic equipment and clothes. They wore woollen jackets and trousers. However, if we fast forward to 1953, two climbers were successful. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit. There is no question that they reached the top. They have photos to prove it. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
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became heroes all over the world. Norgay was from Nepal and Hillary was from New Zealand. But were they really the first to conquer Everest? Or did someone get to the top before them? Could these fine fellows have reached the summit first? This photograph is from 1924, almost 30 years before Hillary and Tenzing’s success. The team members included three climbers: Edward Norton, Howard Somervell and George Mallory. Mallory is in the back row, second from the left. When they arrived in Nepal, the team met the local people. The team started their climb in June 1924. They put up tents on the side of the mountain. First, Mallory and Norton reached 27,000 feet. And Norton reached 28,126 feet on his next climb. He was only 900 feet from the top. Finally, Mallory and another member of the team, Andrew Irvine, tried to climb to the top on 8th
June 1924. They set out in good weather. Everything
was going well. But suddenly things changed. The weather turned. There was a terrible snowstorm. The rest of the team went looking for their friends, but they couldn’t see anything. In those days there were no mobile phones, so they didn’t know where to look. So they waited for the climbers to return. The storm passed. The team waited and waited. But Mallory and Irvine did not come back. It took another 75 years to find Mallory. His body was on the side of Mount Everest at 26,800 feet – very close to the top. Irvine’s body has never been found. With Mallory’s body there were some pieces of cloth, a matchbox with matches and a tin. But he didn’t have a camera, so there are no photos of his climb. Today, there is a sign on the spot where George Mallory died. Were Mallory and Irvine the first to conquer Everest? Did they beat Norgay and Hillary to the top? It is possible. Sadly, we will never know.
Unit 7
7.1 First of all, Kyle does a training session. I monitor his performance. Sometimes I take a video and sometimes I just watch. At the same time, I record the results. He runs 5,000 metres so I record how long 1,000 metres takes and the total time. I give him feedback. Usually, I am positive and say good things to him. But I also tell him things that he did wrong, for example, running too fast or too slowly. Then I give him some suggestions on how to improve, for example, the way he moves his arms. The last thing I do is set a target for his next run. So, for example, his last time was 15 minutes and 11 seconds, so next time his target is 15 minutes and 5 seconds. Then Kyle thinks about the feedback and target when he runs the next race.
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