18.Qomolangma - the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World? One of the world's most dangerous sports is mountain climbing,and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.Of all the mountains,Qomolangma rises the h(1)
and is the most famous.It is 8,848.86 meters high and so is very dangerous to c(2)
.Thick clouds cover the top and snow can f(3)
very hard.Even more serious difficulties include freezing(冰凍的)weather conditions and heavy storms.It is also very hard to take in air when you get near the t(4)
. The first people to(5)
the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29th,1953.The f(6)
Chinese team did so in 1960,while the first woman to succeed(成功) was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Why do so many climbers risk their lives?One of the main r(7)
is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit(精神)of these climbers shows u(8)
that we should never(9)
up trying to achieve(實現)our dreams.It a(10)
shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.