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And I didn’t stop there. Over the next five years, I scaled the highest peaks of five other

continents. I hoisted the tricolour on all these peaks, becoming the world’s first woman
amputee to conquer the six highest peaks of six continents.

There’s still more! I wrote “Born Again on the Mountain” in 2014. I was awarded the Padma

Shri in 2015. I was awarded the Tenzing Norgay Award, the highest mountaineering award
in India. I was also conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Strathclyde in

Glasgow, Britain in 2018. I also run a charitable organization called ‘Arunima Foundation’ to
empower women and specially-abled people.

To all those of you who want to take challenges in life remember: Even the sky is not the

limit!

Word Power
passion: strong love valuable: things of great worth or value
rescue: save from a dangerous situation spotted: seen
writhing: making twisting movements due to unbearable pain

amputated: cut off (a limb) by surgical operation prosthetic: an artificial body part (limb)
conquer: take control of summit: the highest point of a hill or mountain
expedition: journey undertaken for research or exploration
scale: climb (a mountain) conquest: act of taking control of
gasping: struggling to breathe conferred: grant (a title)
specially-abled: physically disabled empower: make stronger

Comprehension Skills

A. Choose the correct answer.
1. Arunima was born in _____________.

a. Madhya Pradesh b. Uttar Pradesh c. Andhra Pradesh

2. Arunima was given treatment in _____________.
a. AllMS b. NIMS c. KIMS

3. Arunima started training under _____________.

a. Tensing Norgay b. Santosh Yadav c. Bachendri Pal

4. Arunima was awarded the _____________.
a. Bharat Ratna b. Padma Shri c. Padma Vibhushan

5. ‘Arunima Foundation’ was started to _____________.

a. empower women b. help the poor c. train athletes

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