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Chapters 1-5
Reading Check
1. Guides (Chapter 1)
2. Sir George Everest (Chapter 2)
3. Edmund Hillary (Chapter 2)
4. Harris’ partner (Chapter 4)
Short Answer
1. Instead of decreasing the flow, he increases it. (Chapter 1)
2. Hillary summits Everest on the eve of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. (Chapter 2)
3. Like Jon, Doug is not particularly wealthy. The other climbers are much wealthier compared to them. (Chapter 4)
4. It is extremely unhygienic. (Chapter 5)
Chapters 6-10
Reading Check
1. The Khumbu Icefall (Chapter 6)
2. Altitude sickness (Chapter 7)
3. Frostbite and a frozen larynx (Chapter 9)
4. Extramarital sex between two climbers (Chapter 10)
Short Answer
1. The first Black person to summit is part of their team. (Chapter 6)
2. Like these two previous climbers, many of the climbers in Krakauer’s group are inexperienced. (Chapter 7)
3. Marion and Graem financially support Ang Dorje so that he can go back to school. (Chapter 8)
4. He has lost muscle and fat.
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