1 . I became the youngest person in the world to climb Broad Peak in 2018. Then I set my _________ on Mount Qomolangma.

Even highly _________ mountaineers face barriers like extreme altitude, avalanches (雪崩), and freezing temperatures. Still, I was _________.

I turned 19 on March 11, 2021. On the 24th day of the month, I landed in Nepal to summit (登顶) Mount Qomolangma—the _________ point on Earth at 8,848.86 meters. I spent close to two months at Base Camp and took shorter hikes up the mountain to _________ the conditions and the low-oxygen environment.

Base Camp sits at an elevation of 5,364 meters, tall enough to cause _________ emergencies. The route is mostly a long, slow, technically _________, oxygen-starved journey. I was nervous at first, but I didn’t rush as I moved around layers of _________ shifting, huge ice blocks.

I witnessed fellow climbers _________ and heard some screaming for help at the top of their lungs. Sometimes, I stopped dead in my __________. I gasped for air, but I had no choice but to keep __________.

I was in Qomolangma’s Death Zone for 24 hours. Oxygen is so __________ in the Death Zone and the body’s cells begin to die. Hikers have to __________ oxygen tanks. Most deaths from climbing Qomolangma __________ in the Death Zone.

On May 11, 2021, I became the fourth teenager in the world to climb Mount Qomolangma. I was on top of the world, literally! I felt like I could __________ the sky.

Selah Schneiter, ten, has become one of the youngest people     1    (climb) El Captain, in Yosemite National Park, in California. Selah climbed to     2     3,000-foot peak with her father, Mike, and family friend Mark.

Getting to the top of El Capitan is no easy task. It is     3    (tall), as is reported, than the tallest building in the world — Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. Though some have died     4     an attempt to conquer (征服) Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, many more     5    (include) Selah’s parents have finished the journey. About 15 years ago, Selah’s father and mother     6    (meet) on a climbing trip up the mountain.

Selah thought reaching the top was a great challenge, but the hardest part was getting down. “You’re carrying everything, and you’re     7    (deep) tired,” she said. Since the park does not keep those kinds of     8    (record), it’s unclear if Selah is the youngest climber who makes the trip. Selah lives in a family     9     everyone loves to climb. They even have a climbing wall in the garage. “I’m so     10    (pride) of her, just to see how big her heart was and how strong she was,” her dad told reporters.