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Question
What roles did the duo take up?
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Solution
The unattended trolley was commandeered by a crew of two boys. One served as the driver and the other as a mechanic.
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We started up our cooker and
drank large quantities of lemon juice and
sugar, and followed this with our last tin of
sardines on biscuits. I dragged our oxygen
sets into the tent, cleaned the ice off them,
and then rechecked and tested them.
Para 2
I had removed my boots, which
had become wet the day before, and they
were now frozen solid. So I cooked them
over the fierce flame of the Primus and
managed to soften them up. Over our
down clothing, we donned our windproof
and onto our hands, we pulled three pairs
of gloves – silk, woollen, and windproof.
Para 3
At 6.30 a.m. we crawled out of that
tent into the snow, hoisted our 30 lb. of
oxygen gear on to our backs, connected
up our masks and turned on the valves to
bring life-giving oxygen into our lungs. A
few good deep breaths and we were ready
to go. Still a little worried about my cold
feet, I asked Tenzing to move off.
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Para 19
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unclimbed. Far away across the clouds,
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on the horizon. To the west, we could
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Para 20
The most important photograph,
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struggles of those great climbers of the
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clumsy-fingered and slow-moving. So I
quickly replaced my oxygen set
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