(iv) living in the world of thought and imagination (iii) overcoming personal ambition for common welfare (ii) the process of maturing mentally and spiritually
The emotion that gripped him was one ofĪns: (ii) humility and a sense of smallness Offering, and Hillary, a beekeeper from New Zealand, placed a cross nearbyĢ. Tenzing, a Nepalese Sherpa, also left some of the sweets as a Buddhist The two mountaineers spent only about 15 minutes on the snow-covered The first to reach the summit of Mount Everest which stands 29,035 feet above On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became He has written several books like ‘Higher than Everest, ‘Beyond the Himalayas’ and ‘Everest is within You’ He won the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for lifetime achievement on August 29, 2009. He is the recipient of several awards like Padma Bhushan, Arjun Award, the National Award for the best work done in the field of Disability. In the Indo- Pakistan war of 1965, he was injured and confined to a wheelchair. He climbed the Mount Everest on along with his friends Rawat and Phu Dorji. Ahluwalia was a member of the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest in 1965. The climber gets the inspiration to face life’s ordeals with determination. The internal summits are much Higher than Everest. Both the climbs teach one much about the world and about oneself.
It is fearful and unscalable like the climb to the summit of a mountain. One can get a fuller knowledge of oneself merely by climbing one’s personal and internal mountain peak. It is far more difficult to climb the summit within oneself than to climb the summit of a mountain. They remember their Gods to feel confident. The fellow climbers prove to be a source of inspiration. Climbing a mountain is a highly risky job and needs others’ help also. It provides physical, emotional and spiritual fulfilment. One becomes conscious of his own smallness in this large Universe. One feels connected with the supernatural element on reaching the Summit. It poses a challenge before him which was difficult to resist. Its view brings a spiritual change in his mind.
On climbing its summit, one has the sense of victory and of happiness. They are a means of communion with God.Everest is the highest and the mightiest and has defied many previous attempts. They have a challenging beauty and majesty. For him mountains are nature at its best. Since childhood, the narrator has been attracted by mountains. A climb to a summit means the demonstration of climber’s endurance, Persistence and will power. Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. The people climb mountains because they present great difficulties. It was the highest of the goals for him.While getting down from the Summit he asked himself why he climbed Everest and what made him to do so.
Ahluwalia was full of humility when he stood on the summit of Everest. Ahluwalia, a member of the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest. ‘ The Summit Within’ is a story of experiences of Major H.P.S.