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SAI International School
Class IX- English
Chapter - Reach for the Top - I
Lesson Notes

Introduction

The article is about Santosh Yadav, the first woman in the world to
climb Mount Everest twice. Her story is inspiring. Despite being
born in a skewed society which did not welcome the birth of a girl
child, where girls were married off at sixteen, she made her own
path, followed her desires and achieved world fame.

Theme

Reach for the Top is based on the theme that success comes to those
who dare and do. This theme runs throughout the account of Santosh
Yadav‟s education, training and success as a woman mountaineer in a

country where discrimination against women is rampant. Santosh
defied all odds, customs, traditions and prejudices to script her
phenomenal success through hard work, persistent effort, focus on the

goal and mental and physical toughness. Santosh had really reached
the highest top that a woman mountaineer can reach, not just once but
twice. She is a wonderful role- model to emulate.