Номер 5, страница 88 - гдз по английскому языку 5-7 класс рабочая тетрадь Фалла, Дэвис

Lesson 8C. Exercises five and six.

Ueli Steck is a free solo climber.

He climbs mountains on his own and without ropes.

Not only that, Ueli also climbs very fast.

In fact, he is the fastest climber in the world.

On the twenty-eighth of December, two thousand and eight,

Ueli, who is from Switzerland, decided to try and set a new world record.

He planned to climb the Grand Jorasses Face of Mont Blanc in France in less than three hours.

The one thousand two hundred and twenty meter climb usually takes three or four days.

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe.

And the Grand Jorasses Face is one of the most difficult routes to the top.

He trained a lot before the climb, and he also lost eight kilograms, so that he was much lighter.

The amazing thing is that he didn't use ropes.

So a fall meant certain death.

But for Ueli, there was no fear.

"I was too busy with my goal of reaching the top," he explained.

Another danger was the weather.

It is very dangerous if the weather changes and it suddenly becomes windy and rainy.

But luckily, the weather stayed fine.

After climbing for just two hours and twenty-one minutes,

Steck arrived at the top.

That's an average of nine meters per minute.

The story appeared in newspapers and on the TV all around the world.

Ueli Steck is now probably the most famous free solo climber in the world.