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Answer the following question. What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?

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Answer the following question.

What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?

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Everest drew him towards itself by its beauty, aloofness, might, ruggedness and the difficulties encountered on the way. That is why he found it irresistible.

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Chapter 5.1: The Summit Within - Working with the Text [Page 80]

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Chapter 5.1 The Summit Within
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