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Question
Answer the following question.
What, according to the writer, did his experience as an Everester teach him?
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Solution
According to the writer, his experience as an Everester provided him with the inspiration to face life’s ordeals determinedly. It taught him that the conquest of the internal summit is as worthwhile as climbing the mountain. He also concluded that perhaps the internal summits are higher than Everest.
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