National Geographic: Return To Everest Page #2
- Year:
- 1984
- 29 Views
below the summit.
Now, exhausted and frozen,
the tests that lay ahead.
But storm intervened.
winds could Hillary and Tenzing
at last climb the icy blade
to the summit.
There they left in the snow
a bar of chocolate and
some biscuits.
At a lower camp, the main party
waited in growing suspense
while leader John Hunt scanned
the ridges and icefalls above.
Then at last
the returning climbers appeared,
led by a teammate lifting
his thumb in a sign of triumph.
Briefly the triumph was shared
only with comrades.
Then word flashed to the world.
"This is the BBC Home Service.
Here is the news.
Mount Everest has been conquered
by members of the British Expedition
The news reached London
in a message to the Times.
It said that Mr. E.P. Hillary,
a New Zealander,
and Tenzing Bhotia, a Sherpa,
had reached the summit
last Friday, May 29th.
The message added, 'All is well."'
In London the coronation of
the Queen now was marked
by a fitting tribute.
For a new Queen Elizabeth,
an obscure New Zealand beekeeper
had set a flag in high, thin air,
passed a boundary
never crossed by man.
Quickly knighted by the Queen,
Sir Edmund soon pledged loyalty
to another lady - Louise,
the young musician
who became his wife.
would be exchanged
for the wintry wastes of Antarctica.
tractors to the South Pole,
Hero to the world,
symbol of high adventure,
his life would become
a continuing odyssey,
seeking new challenges
around the globe.
Sometimes,
with the indomitable Louise
on less spectacular expeditions
in New Zealand or
the Alaskan wilderness,
he discovered the new adventure
of watching his children grow.
But always Hillary
came back to Nepal.
Long a forbidden kingdom
locked from the world,
Nepal had barely 200 miles of road
when at last opened to
foreigners in 1949.
Its few vehicles, machines,
and even grand pianos were brought
over the southern ridges
on the backs of men.
Its terraced uplands,
built by the labor of centuries,
were joined by a labyrinth
of trails on which
astonishing burdens were carried
by the hardy hill folk or
their caravans of yaks.
Later each return of the family
would become a journey
of discovery,
particularly for Louise
whose lighthearted accounts
became best-selling books.
Learning the country
by climbing it,
their father to seethe great peak
that changed his destiny and theirs
For the first time 12-year-old
Translation
Translate and read this script in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"National Geographic: Return To Everest" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/national_geographic:_return_to_everest_14561>.
Discuss this script with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In