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Question
What happened in the grand finale?
Solution
There was a grand finale of scattered plates and silverware before the nurse and ward sister caught up with them.
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Tenzing kicked steps in a long
traverse back towards the ridge, and we
reached its crest where it forms a great
snow bump at about 28000 feet. From
here the ridge narrowed to a knife-edge
and, as my feet were now warm, I took
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which sometimes held my weight but often
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feet, we came to a tiny hollow and found
there the two oxygen bottles left on the
an earlier attempt by Evans and Bourdillon.
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relieved to find that they still contained
several hundred liters of oxygen-enough
to get us down to the South Col if used sparingly
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the ridge, leading up for the last 400 feet
to the southern summit. The snow on this
the face was dangerous, but we persisted in
our efforts to beat a trail up it.
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lead. As I was stamping a trail in the deep
snow, a section around me gave way and
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his grin of delight as he looked all around
him. We shook hands, and then Tenzing
threw his arm around my shoulders and
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we were almost breathless. It was 11.30
a.m. The ridge had taken us two and a
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