1. What did Malavath do? Why does the author believe it is so admirable?2. What did she have to do to get selected for the Mount Everest climb? What happened when Malavath reached the advanced base camp?3. How long did it take the team to get to the summit? What does Malavath hope her achievement will do to help other people?Answers1. Malavath "conquered" the summit of Mount Everest. Meera Dolasia (The author) thought this was "spectacular" because she was only 13 years of age.2. Malavath was one of the twenty selected for a professional training at the Darjeeling Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and was picked to do the "adventurous" climb. Malavath got altitude sickness and had to return to base camp.
3. It took the team of 6 to get up the summit in 52 days (7 weeks 4 days). She had altitude sickness when she reached advanced base camp.
Neve, write the answers in your own words. There was another reason the author thought it was admirable. Please remove all the formatting as it is too hard to read.
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