Class 9 English — Chapter 13: Reach for the Top

What you'll learn

• ▸Santosh Yadav's Early Life and Non-Conformity
• ▸Santosh's Struggle for Education
• ▸Discovery of Mountaineering
• ▸Qualities for Success
• ▸Santosh Yadav's Major Achievements
• ▸Environmentalism in Action
• ▸Maria Sharapova's Early Sacrifice
• ▸Hardships and Mental Fortitude
• ▸Maria Sharapova's Tennis Achievements
• ▸Comparative Analysis: Santosh and Maria

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 7. Reach for the Top Part I Santosh Yadav BEFORE YOU READ * Think for a while and make a list of three to five persons you idolise, or admire very much for their achievements. Your idols may be from any sphere of life — sports, medicine, media, or art and culture. * Your teacher will then discuss your choices with you to find out who the top five idols of your class are. 1. The only woman in the world who has scaled Mt Everest twice was born in a society where the birth of a son was regarded as a blessing, and a daughter, though not considered a curse, was not generally welcome. When her mother was expecting Santosh, a travelling 'holy man', giving her his blessing, assumed that she wanted a son. But, to everyone's surprise, the unborn child's grandmother, who was standing close by, told him that they did not want a son. The 'holy man' was also surprised! Nevertheless, he gave the requested blessing …

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Did you know?

• 💡 Mount Everest grows taller by a few millimetres each year due to tectonic plate movement.
• 💡 The air on Everest's summit has only one-third the oxygen found at sea level.
• 💡 The tallest known mountain in our solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars, a giant volcano.
• 💡 Junko Tabei became the first woman to climb Mount Everest in the year 1975.
• 💡 A mountaineer's body can adapt to high altitudes through a process called acclimatization.

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