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1976.The beautifulAnnapurna seemeda perfectmountain toclimb,though notatall easy.Thirteen groupsof climbershad triedin thepast,but onlyfour hadsucceeded.Eight menhadreached thesummit butanother ninehad losttheir liveson thedangerous mountain.Whenshe returnedto America,Arlene couldnot forgetAnnapurna.She talkedabout itto twogoodfriends inSan Francisco,Vera Watsonand Irene Miller.Vera Watsonwas forty-six and a computerscientist.She hadbeen climbinghigh mountainsformany years.She didnot looktough,but shewas awoman witha verystrong character.Shehad climbedAconcagua inArgentina alone,and she had alwayswanted toclimb in theHimalayas.IreneMillerwas alsoa scientist,andthemother oftwo daughters.She knew that the；expedition wasdangerous andthatshecould bekilled but she alsoknew that,at forty-two,shewould probablynot getanother chancetoclimbto8,000metres.Both Veraand Irenewereenthusiastic aboutArlenes idea.Their firstjob wasto choosethe othermembers of the team.They neededwomen whowere；strong physicallyand mentallywomen whowould notstop whenthey becamevery cold,veryhungry,or verytired.They neededa doctorto takecare ofthe mountaineersif theybecame illorwere hurthigh onthe mountain.They alsoneeded someoneto makea filmoftheclimb,so thatthe world couldlearn aboutit later.Most importantof all,they neededwomen whohad climbedhighmountainsbefore.They putan advertisementin aclimbing magazineWOMENCLIMBERS WANTEDWouldyou liketo join an all-womens expeditionto AnnapurnaYou mustbe anexperiencedhigh-altitude climber,strong,enthusiastic anda hard worker!If youthink thisis forYOU,please contactArleneBlum,Berkeley,California,USAMany womenwrote tothem fromall overtheworld,but theycould onlychoose ten.Whenthe finalteam waschosen,the youngestwas twentyyears old,the oldestwas fifty.For Arlene,finding theclimbers wasonly thefirst step.The teamneeded anotherimportant thingmoney.There werelong talksat VeraWatsons house,when theydiscussedhow tomake the80,000dollars theywould needfor theexpedition.With thehelpof enthusiasticfriends,they organizeddances,sports andparties.They evensoldexpedition T-shirts.After manymonths,andalot ofhardwork,they finallyhad themoneythey needed.Now at last theywere inKathmandu,the citywhere theirgreat adventurewouldbegin.Arlene lookedround atthe womeninthe airport.They lookedtired afterthe longjourneyfrom SanFrancisco,but happyto bein Nepalatlast.There hadbeen somany friendsand familiesatthe airportto saygoodbye.lt hadbeen difficult to leavethe peoplethey loved.Irene hadlookedso sadwhen she said goodbyetoherdaughters.Arlene toohad foundit verydifficulttoleave herboyfriend,John.For allof themthere was thechancethat theywould neversee theirfamilies orfriendsagain.All climbingintheHimalayas isdangerous.One inten ofthe peoplewho gothere donotcome back.Annapurna wasvery dangerousbecause ofits avalanches.Arlene knewthe dangersof avalanchesvery well.On theexpedition filmshesaid“Until afew yearsago Ithought thatmountains werethe happiestplaces intheworld.Ithought thatonly goodthings happenedon mountains.Then avery goodfriend ofmine,JohnHenry Hall,was killedinanavalanche onMount StElias inCanada.Since thenI havereallyunderstood the dangers.With avalanchestheres nothingyou cando...”It wasdifficult forArlene tothink aboutavalanches,butsheknewthat,astheteam leader,shehadto acceptthedangers.Now,as sheled thewomen intotheairportbuildings,she triedtoforget herown fears.She wasthe leaderoftheexpedition,and itwasherjob toget thesewomento thetop ofAnnapurna safely.She feltresponsible forthem all.当她离开飞机，走向机场大楼的时候，阿琳回忆起了这一切的来由年在喜1976马拉雅山的时候，她首次产生了攀登安纳布尔纳峰的念头尽管这并非易事,然而美丽的安纳布尔纳峰看起来仍是攀登的绝佳之选曾经有十三支登山队进行过尝试，但只有四支获得了成功有八名男子到达了顶峰，而另外九人在这座危机暗伏的山上丧生回到美国之后，阿琳始终无法忘却安纳布尔纳峰她对旧金山的两个朋友一一薇拉•沃森和艾琳米勒一一谈起了这个想法・薇拉•沃森，岁，是一名计算机专家，多年来一直从事攀登高峰的运动她看上46去并不壮实，但性格十分刚毅她曾独自攀登阿根廷的阿空加瓜山，还一直想到喜马拉雅山脉登山艾琳米勒也是一名科技工作者，同时也是两个女儿的母亲她知道探险很・危险，自己有可能因此而丧生，但她也知道自己已经岁，可能不会再有别的机会去42攀登米的高度薇拉和艾琳都对阿琳的想法满怀热情8000她们首先要做的事情就是挑选队员她们需要体魄和心理都坚强的女性，需要那些遇到严寒、极度饥饿和极度疲劳也不会退缩的女性她们需要一名大夫来照料生病或在山峰高处受伤的登山队员她们还需要一个人拍摄登山过程的纪录片，以后就可以让世人看到这一切最为重要的是，她们需要一些以前曾经攀登过高峰的女性她们在一家登山杂志上刊登了一则广告征募女性登山者你想加入一支娘子军前往安纳布尔纳峰探险吗？你必须是一位经验丰富的高海拔登山者，同时要强健、热忱、吃苦耐劳！如果你觉得自己符合条件，请联系:美国加利福尼亚州伯克利的阿琳布卢姆・有很多女性从世界各地给她们写来了信，但她们只能选择个人队伍最终组建10起来，年龄最小的队员是岁，最大的是岁2050对阿琳来说，找到登山者只不过是第一步这支队伍还需要另外一样重要的东西——资金她们在薇拉沃森的家里长谈，讨论如何筹集探险所需的美元在热・80000心朋友的帮助下，她们组织了各种舞会、比赛和聚会，甚至还出售探险恤衫数月的T辛苦工作之后，她们终于攒够了需要的钱此时此刻，她们终于到达了加德满都，这座城市是她们伟大冒险开始的地方在机场，阿琳环视了一下自己的女队员们从旧金山开始的长途旅行使她们看上去疲惫不堪，但她们却很高兴终于到达了尼泊尔离开的时候，有很多朋友和家人到机场来给她们送行离开自己心爱的人并非易事在和女儿道别时，艾琳非常难过阿琳也和男友约翰难舍难分她们中的每一个人都有可能再也见不到自己的家人或朋友所有在喜马拉雅山脉进行的登山活动都是非常危险的，上那儿去的人中有十分之一一去不返安纳布尔纳峰则因它的雪崩而显得尤为危险阿琳很了解雪崩的危险在探险纪录片中，她说道“直到几年之前，我还认为山峰是世界上最让人感到高兴的地方，觉得山上只会有美好的事情后来，我的一个好朋友约翰•亨利霍尔在加拿大圣伊利亚斯山死于雪崩・从那个时候开始，我才真正认识到山峰的危险面对雪崩，你无，，能为力想到雪崩，阿琳就头疼，但她知道，作为领队，她必须接受这些危险此刻,她带着女队员们走进机场大楼，试图忘却自己的担忧身为领队，她的工作就是让这些女队员安全登上安纳布尔纳峰峰顶她知道，自己得对所有队员负责［知识积累］

1.mountaineer n.登山家，登山运动员

2.physically adv.身体地，肉体地

3.mentally adv.心理地

4.expedition n.

5.avalanche n.远征，探险［文化链接］雪崩探险活动的组织者阿琳・布卢姆由尼泊尔的加德满都动身，攀登世界上最高的山峰之一——安纳布尔纳峰她清楚地知道自己的旅途会困难重重，充满艰难险阻，并且知道自己也许会为此而丧命为什么她们还会选择如此危险的旅程？因为她们都喜欢攀登高峰，而且想让女性有机会体验攀登世界高峰的感觉。