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On to the summit we reach the top-written by tenzing norgay,

Tenzing norgay and his friend edmund hillary, 29 may 1953, successfully climbed
mount everest( Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas, a tall mountain range in
Asia. It is about 8,848 metres (29,029 feet) high.), summit means top of mount, so
how did he felt and how was the experience of tenzing norgay has shared by him in
this chapter.
Author says at the morning of friday when he came out of his camp,he has
determined that whatever happens and anyhow he will reach the top of the mount
everest, he says he remember that morning he was thinking even it would take his
life or he will die he still want to reach at the top anyhow, he was not even afraid
of death, sometimes hillary leads me (walks/climbs in front of me ) while climbing
or when tenzing walks forward and hillary follows him, tenzing says that while
climbing he had four flags in his pocket, when he reached camp 4, there was a man
named Colonel Hunt, he gave tenzing noragay 3 flags of (britain,Nepal and united
nations),and colonel hunt said him when tenzing will reach at the top of mount
everest, put this 3 flags over there, and he believe that both of this friends
tenzing and edmund hillary would reach the top, tenzing said that he had indian
flag too, so he will flag the summit with that one too by taking permission of
colonel hunt, now both of the friends were walking 1 hour continuosly , they
changed their direction, now instead of south they were heading towards west,
and from west they have pass through rocky mountains, they did that slowly, and
it was very difficult to pass through that vertical rocks, after overcoming that
their path was cleared, after that they had no diffculties but near the summit
there was declined slope, 60 to 70 feet distance left to reach summit, it was not
that much deadly, but still they did not took any risk, they were climbing with
precautions, but at last we reached at the flat surface, at the last 50 feet remained
to reach at top at that time the distance between tenzing and hillary was 20 feet,
but they were tied with same rope, even though the rope was lose but whenever
their was any dangerous path they use to tightened the rope, so the rope let them
together and could not have reached the top without each other, they needed
each other, and both of them were like a team, people usually ask narrator who
reached at the top first, he or hillary, but they never thought who will reach first
as they were having all concentration on climbing, so it was not necessary , they
just focus to reach safely, but if they had 1000 feet distance between them then
the question might raised who reached first, but they had very less distance, so it
does not matter who reached first, when they reach kathmandu, which is capital
of nepal, then one controversy/disagreement arise, between tenzing, hillary and
colonel hunt, but they sat together and had words that they are fighting over
stupid things, then they came to point that and signed at the office of prime
minister of nepal,

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