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Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
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Solution
Similar to the Russian old lady many people are liberty-drunk. Many think that a traffic policeman is a symbol of tyranny. Being in a hurry, the people who are crazy driving their cars. at break-neck speed think that the traffic policeman interferes with their right to free use of the highway.
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Tenzing kicked steps in a long
traverse back towards the ridge, and we
reached its crest where it forms a great
snow bump at about 28000 feet. From
here the ridge narrowed to a knife-edge
and, as my feet were now warm, I took
over the lead.
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which sometimes held my weight but often
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feet, we came to a tiny hollow and found
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I continued making the trail on up
the ridge, leading up for the last 400 feet
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the face was dangerous, but we persisted in
our efforts to beat a trail up it.
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lead. As I was stamping a trail in the deep
snow, a section around me gave way and
Para 7
I slipped back through three or four of
my steps. I discussed with Tenzing the
the advisability of going on, and he, although
admitting that he felt unhappy about the
snow conditions, and finished with his
the familiar phrase “Just as you wish”.
Para 8
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reached firmer snow higher up, and then
chipped steps up the last steep slopes and
crampon onto the South Peak. It was now 9 a.m.
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