CLASS-8 (ENGLISH) THE SUMMIT WITHIN
CLASS-8 (ENGLISH) THE SUMMIT WITHIN Working with Text Question 1: Answer the following questions. (i) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb? Ans: The three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb are endurance, persistence and will power. (ii) Why is adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable? Ans: Adventure is risky, but pleasurable. Though it presents great difficulties, man takes delight in overcoming such hurdles. Everest is the highest, the mightiest, and many attempts have been made to climb it. According to the author, when the summit is climbed, there is the feeling of “exhilaration, the joy of having done something, the sense of a battle fought and won”. There is a feeling of victory and of happiness. The physical conquest of a mountain is only one part of the achievement. It is followed by a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction. The experience is not merely physical, but it is emotional and spiritual als...