The Summit Within
This chapter is about Everest
climbing by Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia
was a member of the first successful
Indian expedition to Mount Everest in 1965.
He was saying that as he climbed
the peak of Mount Everest he felt
happiness and sadness both,
happiness because he had climbed
the highest mountain of the earth
and sadness because there was
no further climbing from here,
now roads were heading downwards.
यह अध्याय मेजर एच.पी.एस.
द्वारा एवरेस्ट पर चढ़ने के
बारे में है। अहलूवालिया
1965 में माउंट एवरेस्ट
पर पहले सफल भारतीय
अभियान के सदस्य थे।
वह कह रहा था कि जब
वह माउंट एवरेस्ट की
चोटी पर चढ़ गया तो
उसे सुख और दुख दोनों
ही खुशी का अनुभव हुआ
क्योंकि वह पृथ्वी के
सबसे ऊंचे पर्वत पर चढ़
गया था और दुख क्योंकि
यहां से आगे कोई चढ़ाई
नहीं थी, अब सड़कें नीचे
की ओर जा रही थीं।
He said he was deeply excited and
happy by climbing Mount Everest
and no man remains the same after
climbing a mountain. His thinking
and mentality would change forever.
He remembers this summit everyday
and thinks it's getting older day by
day and one day, it might fade away.
Now he answered why he and the man
climbed the mountains?
Men want to overcome the obstacle
and the main obstacle in climbing
the mountain is dealing with your
physical challenges.. A climb to a
summit means endurance,
persistence and will power.
.उन्होंने कहा कि वह माउंट
एवरेस्ट पर चढ़कर बहुत
उत्साहित और खुश थे
और पहाड़ पर चढ़ने के
बाद कोई भी व्यक्ति
पहले जैसा नहीं रहता।
उनकी सोच और मानसिकता
हमेशा के लिए बदल
जाएगी। वह इस शिखर
सम्मेलन को हर रोज याद
करता है और सोचता है कि
यह दिन-ब-दिन पुराना होता
जा रहा है और एक दिन यह
फीका पड़ सकता है।
अब उसने उत्तर दिया कि
वह और वह आदमी पहाड़ों
पर क्यों चढ़े?
पुरुष बाधा को दूर करना
चाहते हैं और पहाड़ पर
चढ़ने में मुख्य बाधा आपकी
शारीरिक चुनौतियों से निपटना है
शिखर पर चढ़ने का अर्थ है धीरज,
दृढ़ता और इच्छा शक्ति
He has some other reasons like he said
he loves mountains and he got lost when
He was not near a mountain and according
To him, climbing the mountain is like
meeting a God because there are
physical and mental challenges to
climb mountains.
Climbing a Mount Everest is a great
deal because it is the my test and the
highest peak of a world and one cannot
give up in way after starting it so it's
not only take your physical endurance
exam but also of mind.
made him excited in the sense
of peace like something mystical
because of its beauty, aloofness
, might, ruggedness, and the difficulties
encountered on the way. It is a
challenge that is difficult to resist.
उसके पास कुछ और कारण
हैं जैसे उसने कहा कि वह
पहाड़ों से प्यार करता है और
वह खो गया जब वह पहाड़
के पास नहीं था और उसके
अनुसार पहाड़ पर चढ़ना भगवान
से मिलने जैसा है क्योंकि
पहाड़ों पर चढ़ने के लिए शारीरिक
और मानसिक चुनौतियां हैं।
माउंट एवरेस्ट पर चढ़ना एक
बड़ी बात है क्योंकि यह मेरी
परीक्षा है और दुनिया की सबसे
ऊंची चोटी है और इसे शुरू
करने के बाद कोई भी हार
नहीं मान सकता है, इसलिए
यह न केवल आपकी शारीरिक
सहनशक्ति की परीक्षा है,
बल्कि दिमाग की भी है।
उन्होंने कहा कि शिखर की
एक झलक ने उन्हें अपनी
सुंदरता, अलगाव, पराक्रम,
कठोरता और रास्ते में आने
वाली कठिनाइयों के कारण
कुछ रहस्यमय की तरह शांति
की भावना से उत्साहित किया।
यह एक ऐसी चुनौती है जिसका
विरोध करना मुश्किल है।
Climbing Mount Everest to Major
H.P.S. Ahluwaliais like breathing
for living or helping your neighbour.
Plus climbing Mount Everest gives
you consciousness in a special
manner of his own smallness in this
large universe because it's only
a physical conquest but a sense
of fulfilment. There is the satisfaction
of a deep urge to rise above one’s
surroundings.It is emotional and
spiritual
Climbing experience- climber
sharing a rope with another
climber. You firm in. He cuts t
He steps on the hard ice. Then
he belays and you inch your way
up. The climb is very serious
business. You strain every nerve
as you take every step.You curse
yourself for having let yourself in
for this.There are moments when
you feel like going back. It would
be sheer relief to go down, instead
of up. There is something in you
that does not let you give up the
struggle. And you go on. Your
companion keeps up with you like
thinking Just another fifty feet.
Or a hundred, maybe.
पड़ोसी प्लस माउंट एवरेस्ट
पर चढ़ना आपको इस
विशाल ब्रह्मांड में अपने स्वयं
के छोटेपन के एक विशेष तरीके
से सचेत करता है क्योंकि यह
केवल एक भौतिक विजय है
लेकिन तृप्ति की भावना है।
अपने परिवेश से ऊपर उठने
की गहरी इच्छा की संतुष्टि है।
यह भावनात्मक और
आध्यात्मिक है
चढ़ाई का अनुभव- दूसरे
पर्वतारोही के साथ रस्सी बांटने
वाला पर्वतारोही। आप दृढ़ हैं।
वह कठोर बर्फ में कदमों को
काट देता है। फिर वह झुक
जाता है और आप अपना
रास्ता ऊपर कर लेते हैं।
चढ़ाई बहुत गंभीर व्यवसाय है।
जब आप हर कदम उठाते हैं
तो आप हर तंत्रिका को तनाव
देते हैं। आप अपने आप को
इसके लिए अंदर जाने के लिए
शाप देते हैं। ऐसे क्षण होते हैं
जब आपको वापस जाने का
मन करता है। ऊपर जाने के
बजाय नीचे जाने से राहत
मिलेगी। आप में कुछ ऐसा
है जो आपको संघर्ष को छोड़ने
नहीं देता। और तुम चलते रहो।
तुम्हारा साथी तुम्हारे साथ
ऐसे सोचता रहता है जैसे बस
एक और पचास फीट। या सौ,
शायद।
Experience of peak or summit- its
magnificent ,other mountains
seem like the necklace of Mount
Everest. One can see lots of
valleys below Mount Everest.
Its bow down moment and
make your obeisance to
whichever God you worship.
Major H.p.s left on Everest a
picture of Guru Nanak. Rawat
left a picture of Goddess Durga.
Phu Dorji left a relic of the Buddha.
Edmund Hillary had buried a cross
under a cairn (a heap of rocks and
stones) in the snow. These are not
symbols of conquest but of reverence.
The effects of both the climbs are the
same. Whether the mountain you climb
is physical or emotional and spiritual,
The climb will certainly change you.
It teaches you much about the world
and about yourself. It's also meant
to understand oneself.
Climbing the mountain
was a worthwhile experience
and facing and conquering
your inner mountain never
less than outer summits.
शिखर या शिखर का अनुभव-
इसके भव्य, अन्य पर्वत
माउंट एवरेस्ट के हार की
तरह लगते हैं। माउंट
एवरेस्ट के नीचे बहुत सारी
घाटियाँ देखी जा सकती हैं।
इसका झुकना क्षण और
आप जिस भी भगवान की
पूजा करते हैं, उसे प्रणाम
करें।
मेजर एच.पी.एस ने एवरेस्ट
पर गुरु नानक की एक
तस्वीर छोड़ी। रावत ने
देवी दुर्गा की एक तस्वीर
छोड़ी। फू दोरजी ने बुद्ध
के अवशेष छोड़े। एडमंड
हिलेरी ने बर्फ में एक केयर्न
(चट्टानों और पत्थरों के ढेर)
के नीचे एक क्रॉस दफन
किया था। ये विजय के नहीं
बल्कि श्रद्धा के प्रतीक हैं।
दोनों पर्वतारोहियों का
प्रभाव समान है। आप जिस
पहाड़ पर चढ़ते हैं वह
शारीरिक हो या भावनात्मक
और आध्यात्मिक, चढ़ाई
निश्चित रूप से आपको बदल
देगी। यह आपको दुनिया
के बारे में और अपने बारे
में बहुत कुछ सिखाता है।
इसका मतलब खुद को
समझना भी है।
पहाड़ पर चढ़ना एक सार्थक
अनुभव था और अपने
आंतरिक पर्वत का सामना
करना और उस पर विजय
प्राप्त करना कभी भी
बाहरी शिखर से कम नहीं था।
Comprehension Check
1.Standing on Everest, the writer was?
Ans- jubilant and sad
2.The emotion that gripped him was one of?
Ans-humility and a sense of smallness
3.“The summit of the mind” refers to
Mark the item(s) not relevant.
Ans-The following item(s) not relevant:
(i) great intellectual
achievements.
(iii) overcoming personal
ambition for common welfare.
(iv) living in the world of
thought and imagination.
(v) the triumph of mind over
worldly pleasures for a noble cause.
1.Answer the following questions
. (i)What are the three qualities
that played a major role in the
author’s climb?
Ans-1. The three qualities that
played a major role in the author’s
climb are endurance, persistence
and will power.
(ii)Why is adventure, which is
risky, also pleasurable?
Ans-2.Although adventure is
risky, it is pleasurable too.
This implies that climbing a
mountain is a great challenge
filled with difficulties, but
overcoming those hurdles
boosts the confidence,
endurance and will power
of the climber. The author
gives the example of the
mighty Mount Everest and
reaching its summit is an
achievement in itself. There
is a great sense of exhilaration,
joy and fulfilment to being able
to scale such great heights.
There is a feeling of victory
and happiness. Hence, the
experience is not merely physical.
It is indeed both emotional and
spiritual.
(iii)What was it about Mount
Everest that the author found
irresistible?
Ans-3. Mount Everest has
its own special charm and
beauty. The author found it
irresistible due to its beauty,
ruggedness and the obstacles
that he encountered while
climbing its summit. Every
ounce of his energy was utilised
in climbing the mountain covered
with rock and ice. One who
decides to climb Everest cannot
give up his/her dream by
returning half way even when
one’s life is at stake. This
is because when a person
climbs to the summit of a
mountain, one is filled with
a great sense of exhilaration,
joy and fulfilment for being
able to scale such great heights.
This gives him/her a sense of
extreme joy and happiness and
a feeling of victory and satisfaction.
These were some of the reasons
why the author found Mount Everest
to be extremely irresistible.
(iv)One does not do it (climb
a high peak)for fame alone.
What does one do it for, really?
Ans-4.Climbing a mountain and
reaching its peak successfully
requires one’s endurance,
persistence and will power.
Therefore, the experience is
not merely physical. It is
indeed both emotional and
spiritual. It satisfies a climber’s
eternal love for adventure which
gives one a sense of fulfilment,
satisfaction and a deep urge to
rise over and above the surroundings.
(v)“He becomes conscious in
a special manner of his own
smallness in this large universe.”
This awareness defines an emotion
mentioned in the first paragraph.
Which is the emotion?
Ans-5.“He becomes conscious
in a special manner of his own
smallness in this large universe.”
This awareness defines an
emotion of humility in a person.
(vi)What were the “symbols of
reverence” left by members of
the team on Everest?
Ans-6.The author left on Mount
Everest a picture of Guru Nanak.
Rawat left a picture of Goddess Durga.
Phu Dorji left a relic of the Buddha
and Edmund Hillary had buried a
cross under a cairn (a heap of rocks and stones)
in the snow. These were not
merely symbols of conquest
but of reverence.
(vii)What, according to the writer,
Did his experience as an Everester
teach him?
Ans-7.As an Everester, the author
experienced a great sense of
fulfilment and satisfaction.
It encouraged him to face the
ordeals of life in a determined
manners. It taught him that the
Conquest of an internal summit
is also equally important compared
to climb a mountain. He realised
that it will give him a better and fuller
knowledge about himself which no
one else other than him can scale
to meet his true self.
2.Write a sentence against each
of the following statements. Your
sentences should explain the statement.
You can pick out sentences from the
text and rewrite them. The first one
has been done for you.
Ans-2 (ii) Endurance, persistence
and will power are the qualities
that are required in a climber to
overcome the challenges and
have a delightful experience.
(iii) The majestic beauty of the
mountains pose a considerable
challenge for a climber as they
are the medium of communion
with the Almighty.
(iv) Although climbing a mountain
is a difficult task, reaching the summit
gives a sense of fulfilment and
satisfaction to the climber.
(v) Climbing a mountain is not
merely a physical activity but
it is indeed both emotional and
spiritual as mountains are a
means of communion with God.
Fill in the blanks in the following
dialogues choosing suitable
phrases from those given in the box.
Ans-(i) Teacher: You were away
from school without permission.
Go to the principal at once and
submit your explanation.
Pupil: Yes, Madam. But would
you help me write it first?
(ii) Arun: Are you unwell?
Ila: No, not at all. Why do you ask?
Arun: If you were unwell, I would
send you to my uncle. He is a doctor.
(iii) Mary: Almost every Indian
film has an episode of love
at first sight.
David: Is that what makes them
so popular in foreign countries?
(iv) Asif: You look depressed.
Why are your spirits at a low
ebb today? (Use such in the phrase)
Ashok: I have to write ten
sentences using words that
I have never heard of it before.
(v) Shieba: Your big moment is
close at hand.
Jyoti: How should I welcome it?
Shieba: Get up and receive
the trophy.
question-Write the noun forms
of the following words adding
-ance or -ence to each.
Ans- endure endurance
persist persistence
signify significance
confide confidence
maintain maintenance
abhor abhorrence
(i) Match words under A with t
heir meanings under B.
Ans-
(ii) Fill in the blanks in the
sentences below with appropriate
words from under A.
Ans-4. (ii)
(a) There were formidable
obstacles on the way, but we
reached our destination safely.
(b) We have no means of finding
out what happened there.
(c) Why he lives in a house
remote from any town or
the village is more than I
can tell.
(d) Overwhelmed by gratitude,
we bowed to the speaker for
his valuable advice.
(e) The old castle stands
in a dominant position
above the sleepy town.
