1 . Many people have a love for adventure because the excitement they experience is addictive. Gurbaz Singh is only 16 and yet on Monday he led a group of _______ up Mount Hood in Oregon. The climb is a hard one, and requires _______ adventurers — but Singh already has climbed 97 mountains. By all appearances, he was well _______ to make the climb.

Conditions on the mountain are _______ in the winter. Hikers know that one misplaced step can be the beginning of the _______ — but that doesn't stop them from _______ . When approaching the highest top, Singh _______ and fell for roughly 500 feet. Later several teams came to _______ him, making the 10,500-feet climb to where Singh was located.

On hearing about the _______ , Singh's father drove from Canada to Portland. He was glad his son is ________ , and he knows the injury won't keep him from trying again. “He thought he was going to ________ somewhere and he was trying to prevent the ________ with his tool but it just didn't happen because he was ________ so fast that he couldn't do it,” the father said, “My family and my son want to ________ everyone who helped save him. This was to be his 98th summit (峰顶).We will be back soon to finish the __________ .”