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*, , - 5 Yadav, 8 During the 1992 Everest mission, Santosh — gi, provided special care to a climber who lay dy &, , the South Col. She was unfortunately unsuccessful, , in saving him. However, she managed to ae”, another climber, Mohan Singh, who would have, met with the same fate had she not shared her, oxygen with him., , 9. Within twelve months, ", member of an Indo-Nepalese Women $, that invited her to join them. She then scaled the, Everest a second time, thus setting a record as the, only woman to have scaled the Everest twice, and, securing for herself and India a unique place in the, annals of mountaineering. In recognition, of her achievements, the Indian government, bestowed upon her one of the nation's top honours, top honours: highest, , the Padmashri. awards, gs when she was literally ‘on, , 10. Describing her feelin, the enormity of the, moment. a very great, , top of the world’, Santosh has said, “It took Some J oment, , time for the enormity of the moment to sink Bete, in... Then I unfurled the Indian tricolour and Eee teratood, , i, it aloft on the roof of the world. The feeling 18 ia tt alot held tt, , indescribable. The Indian flag was flying on top of up high, the world. It was truly a spiritual moment. I felt, , proud as an Indian.”, Also a fervent environmentalist, Santosh fervent: having, , collected and brought down 500 kilograms of ga sincere, garbage from the Himalayas. ~~ feelings, , *, M Thinking about the Text, I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each. (The paragray bel, , within brackets provide clues to the answers.) a es, , 1. on was the ‘holy man’ who gave Santosh’s mother his blessings surprised?, , 2. Give an example to show that even as a young ‘1 Sant te, accept anything unreasonable. (2) ‘ = ee, , 3. Why was Santosh sent to the local school? (3), , * 102 / Beehive