NCERT Class 8 English The Summit Within

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The Summit Within

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Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia was a member of the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest in 1965. How did he feel when he stood on the highest point in the world? Let us hear his story in his words — climbing the summit and, then, the more difficult task of climbing the summit within.

Of all the emotions which surged through me as I stood on the summit of Everest, looking over miles of panorama below us, the dominant one I think was humility. The physical in me seemed to say, ‘Thank God, it’s all over!” However, instead of being jubilant, there was a tinge of sadness. Was it because I had already done the ‘ultimate’ in climbing and there would be nothing higher to climb and all roads hereafter would lead down? By climbing the summit of Everest you are overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulness. It is a joy which lasts a lifetime. The experience changes you completely. The man who has been to the mountains is never the same again.

As I look back at life after climbing Everest I cannot help remarking about the other summit — the summit of the mind — no less formidable and no easier to climb. Even when getting down from the summit, once the physical exhaustion had gone, I began asking myself the question why I had climbed Everest. Why did the act of reaching the summit have such a hold on my imagination? It was already a thing of the past, something done yesterday. With every passing day, it would become more remote. And then what would remain? Would my memories fade slowly away? All these thoughts led me to question myself as to why people climb mountains. It is not easy to answer the question. The simplest answer would be, as others have said, “Because it is there.” It presents great difficulties. Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. The obstacles in climbing a mountain are physical. A climb to a summit means endurance, persistence and will power. The demonstration of these physical qualities is no doubt exhilarating, as it was for me also.

I have a more personal answer to the question. From my childhood I have been attracted by mountains. I had been miserable, lost, when away from mountains, in the plains. Mountains are nature at its best. Their beauty and majesty pose a great challenge, and like many, I believe that mountains are a means of communion with God.

Once having granted this, the question remains: Why Everest? Because it is the highest, the mightiest and has defied many previous attempts. It takes the last ounce of one’s energy. It is a brutal struggle with rock and ice. Once taken up, it cannot be given up halfwayeven when one’s life is at stake. The passage back is as difficult as the passage onwards. And then, when the summit is climbed, there is the exhilaration, the joy of having done something, the sense of a battle fought and won. There is a feeling of victory and of happiness. Glimpsing a peak in the distance, I get transported to another world. I experience a change within myselfwhich can only be called mystical. By its beauty, aloofness, might, ruggedness, and the difficulties encountered on the way, the peak draws me to it — as Everest did. It is a challenge that is difficult to resist. Looking back I find that I have not yet fully explained why I climbed Everest. It is like answering a question why you breathe. Why do you help your neighbour? Why do you want to do good acts? There is no final answer possible. And then there is the fact that Everest is not just a physical climb. The man who has been to the mountain-top becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe.

The physical conquest of a mountain is only one part of the achievement. There is more to it than that. It is followed by a sense of fulfilment. There is the satisfaction of a deep urge to rise above one’s surroundings. It is the eternal love for adventure in man. The experience is not merely physical. It is emotional. It is spiritual. Consider a typical climb, towards the summit on the last heights. You are sharing a rope with another climber. You firm in. He cuts the steps in the hard ice. Then he belays and you inch your way up. The climb is grim. You strain every nerve as you take every step. Famous climbers have left records of the help given by others. They have also recorded how they needed just that help. Else they might have given up. Breathing is difficult. You curse yourself for having let yourself in for this. You wonder why you ever undertook the ascent. There are moments when you feel like going back. It would be sheer relief to go down, instead of up. But almost at once you snap out of that mood. There is something in you that does not let you give up thestruggle. And you go on. Your companion keeps up with you. Just another fifty feet. Or a hundred, maybe. You ask yourself: Is there no end? You look at your companion and he looks at you. You draw inspiration from each other. And then, without first being aware of it, you are at the summit.

Comprehension Check

1. Standing on Everest, the writer was

   (i) overjoyed.

   (ii) very sad.

   (iii) jubilant and sad Choose the right item.

2. The emotion that gripped him was one of

   (i) victory over hurdles.

   (ii) humility and a sense of smallness.

   (iii) greatness and self importance.

   (iv) joy of discovery. Choose the right item.

3. “The summit of the mind” refers to

   (i) great intellectual achievements.

   (ii) the process of maturing mentally and spiritually.

   (iii) overcoming personal ambition for common welfare.

   (iv) living in the world of thought and imagination.

   (v) the triumph of mind over worldly pleasures for a noble cause.

   (vi) a fuller knowledge of oneself.

  Mark the item(s) not relevant. ordeals: painful experiences resolutely: with determination or firmness


Please refer to attached file for NCERT Class 8 English The Summit Within

Honeydew Chapter 01 The Best Christmas Present in the World
NCERT Class 8 English The Best Christmas Present
Honeydew Chapter 02 The Tsunami
NCERT Class 8 English The Tsunami
Honeydew Chapter 03 Glimpses of the Past
NCERT Class 8 English Glimpses of the Past
Honeydew Chapter 04 Bepin Choudharys Lapse of Memory
NCERT Class 8 English Bepin Choudhary Lapse of Memory
Honeydew Chapter 05 The Summit Within
NCERT Class 8 English The Summit Within
Honeydew Chapter 06 This is Jodys Fawn
NCERT Class 8 English This is Jodys Fawn
Honeydew Chapter 07 A Visit to Cambridge
NCERT Class 8 English A Visit to Cambridge
Honeydew Chapter 08 A Short Monsoon Diary
NCERT Class 8 English A Short Monsoon Diary
Honeydew Chapter 09 The Great Stone Face-I
NCERT Class 8 English The Great Stone Face 1
Honeydew Chapter 10 The Great Stone Face-II
NCERT Class 8 English The Great Stone Face 2
It So Happened Chapter 01 How the Camel got his hump
NCERT Class 8 English How the Camel got his hump
It So Happened Chapter 02 Children at work
NCERT Class 8 English Children at work
It So Happened Chapter 03 The Selfish Giant
NCERT Class 8 English The Selfish Giant
It So Happened Chapter 04 The treasure within
NCERT Class 8 English The treasure within
It So Happened Chapter 05 Princess September
NCERT Class 8 English Princess September
It So Happened Chapter 06 The fight
NCERT Class 8 English The fight
It So Happened Chapter 07 The open window
NCERT Class 8 English The open window
It So Happened Chapter 08 Jalebis
NCERT Class 8 English Jalebis
It So Happened Chapter 09 The comet I
NCERT Class 8 English The comet I
It So Happened Chapter 10 The comet — II
NCERT Class 8 English The comet II
It So Happened Chapter 11 Ancient Education System of India
NCERT Class 8 English It So Happened Ancient Education System of India

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