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the enormity of the moment: a very great moment
sink in: be understood
held it aloft: held it up high

fervent: having strong and sincere feelings

Santosh recollects her feelings when she was literally
at the top of the world. She took time to realize that
she had achieved something big. She hoisted the
Indian flag atop Mount Everest, on the highest point of
the world. She cannot put the great feeling into words.
She felt proud to be an Indian. As she believes in preserving the
environment, she did her bit by bringing down five hundred kilograms of
garbage from the Himalayas.

Summary (to be written in Class Work Notebook)

Santosh Yadav was born in a traditional family. She had five brothers.
She was born in the small village of Joniyawas in Haryana. The girl was
given the name Santosh, which means contentment. But Santosh was
not always content with her place in a traditional way of life. She began
living life on her own terms from the start. Where other girls wore
traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts.

Santosh’s parents were affluent landowners who could afford to send

their children to the best schools, even to the country’s capital Delhi,
which was quite close by. But, in line with the prevailing custom in the
family, Santosh had to make do with the local village school. At the age
of sixteen years, her parents wanted to marry her. She threatened her
parents that she would never many if she did not get a proper
education. She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi.
When her parents refused to pay for her education, she politely
informed them of her plans to earn money by working part-time to pay

her school fees. Her Parents then agreed to pay for her education.
Santosh passed the high school examinations and went to Jaipur. She
joined Maharani College widget a room in Kasturba Hostel. She
developed a love for mountaineering while watching the Aravalli Hills’.

She saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru
Institute of Mountaineering; developed a remarkable resistance to cold
and the altitude. Equipped with an iron will, Physical endurance and an
amazing mental toughness, she proved herself repeatedly.