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The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why? - English

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The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?

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The soft snow made a route on top of the ridge both dangerous and difficult. Sometimes it held Hillary’s weight. But often it gave way suddenly. Thus it was dangerous for the climbers. But both persisted and trudged ahead for 400 feet and reached the southern summit.

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पाठ 4.1: The Summit - Exercise [पृष्ठ ११६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 4.1 The Summit
Exercise | Q 2. f) | पृष्ठ ११६

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Para 1

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drank large quantities of lemon juice and
sugar, and followed this with our last tin of
sardines on biscuits. I dragged our oxygen
sets into the tent, cleaned the ice off them,
and then rechecked and tested them.

Para 2

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Para 3

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few good deep breaths and we were ready
to go. Still a little worried about my cold
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