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a) What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
b) Name an equipment and a tool carried
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c) Why did Hillary become clumsy-
fingered and slow-moving?
d) What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
e) When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom
and well being?
f) What did Hillary mean by saying "We
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a) What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
Hillary heated his wet shoes over the flame of the Primus [stove] and softened the shoes.
b) Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.
Oxygen set is an equipment and ice axe is a tool carried by the mountaineers during their expedition.
c) Why did Hillary become clumsy-fingered and slow-moving?
Hillary became clumsy-fmgered and slow-moving because the oxygen set was exhausted.
d) What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
Hillary found two oxygen bottles in a tiny hollow. They had been left there on earlier attempt by Evans and Bourdillon.
e) When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?
When One bottle of oxygen was exhausted and their apparatus was light, Hillary felt a sense of freedom and well-being. And also, when his ice-axe bit into the first steep slope of the ridge, his high hopes were realized.
f) What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
By saying these words Hillary means that they had to undergo a lot of difficulties while climbing, but those hard times were very less in front of their success.