My solar plexus was tight with fear as I ploughed on. Halfway up I stopped, exhausted. I could look down 10,000 feet between my legs, and I have never felt more insecure. Anxiously I waved Tenzing up to me.
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High Adventure : The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (1955)Edmund Hillary
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