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Once, there was a mountain called Peak 15. |
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Nothing was known about it. |
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But in 1852 the surveyors found it was the highest in the world. And they named it Everest. |
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When men were first drawn to Everest, it was an unknown quantity. Something entirely beyond them. |
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A climber climbs with his guts, his brains, his soul and his feet. All of them bound for a cold, white world. A world that is up, and up. |
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The air is getting thinner. At such heights when you're lacking oxygen, you may think you're normal, but you're not. |
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You're moving in a dream, a dream that deludes and debilitates. |
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Two very small men, cutting small steps in the roof of the world. |
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Why should a man climb Everest? |
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Because it is there. |