Задание
Read the text about Emma Svensson's experience and choose the best answers.
I climbed 61 mountains in a year
Two years ago, on a flight to New Zealand, I watched the film "Everest", in which adventurers get obsessed with the mountains in a blizzard. I immediately knew I had to start climbing and become a mountaineer. It's not the reaction most people have to that film, because almost everyone dies; maybe I just needed more adventure in my life. But six months later, I climbed my first mountain, Mount Whitney in California — the highest in mainland America, at 4,421 metres.
In the summer of 2017, I decided to climb the highest peak in every European country — officially 49 mountains – in one year. Only a few people had done it before. Growing up in Sweden, my father encouraged me to be outdoors all the time, but I wasn't a serious adventurer. I wanted to see if someone ordinary like me could climb mountains. I wanted to be a role model for girls and to tell a story that had never been told. All the stories you hear are so hardcore, of people lost on Everest or K2.
I didn't do any preparation for the first mountain, which was Mount Elbrus in Russia, Europe’s highest at 5,642m. It was exhausting, but I thought I would get fit climbing the rest, and I did. I made an itinerary, starting in Switzerland, where I would climb Dufourspitze (4,634m), but a snowstorm made me cancel. So I went to Spain instead. After that, I planned around the weather. I did two big mountain tours in a car all over Europe and the rest I did on weekends.
Climbing mountains is an experience that is hard to put into words. You are in a beautiful environment and, when you reach the top, you feel incredible. But also you have to climb down, which is when most accidents happen — people are tired, it gets dark, it's harder. I don't climb mountains that I am not totally ready for. I wouldn't climb K2 tomorrow, but each one I climb takes me to the next step.
I don't have many friends who like to climb, and sometimes you want to have someone to share the experience with. I work as a fashion photographer and most of my friends won't even come to the climbing gym in case they ruin their nails. So I've used different social networks to find people.
I had a few moments that were rather dangerous, but not super scary; I never feared for my life or got injured. I skied up and down Norway's highest mountain, Galdhøpiggen (2,469m), and my boots were so uncomfortable. A few days later, I went to Iceland's Hvannadalshnúkur (2,110m); my blisters became infected, so my guide cut them out with a knife. I had 14 plasters on each foot and got even more blisters.
I wanted to end the project at home, on Sweden's Kebnekaise (2,097m). It has two peaks, I climbed both with my camera assistant. Once I was at the top we did a shoot — it was like a day on the job; it didn't feel as special as I'd hoped. But when I put it on the social network and people started congratulating me, I felt proud.
I spent about €50,000, which is double what I had planned, and I eventually climbed 61 mountains in Europe.
You have to work on your weak sides while climbing. I don't like not being in control, but you cannot control anything on a mountain — the weather, the circumstances. It's made me a better person. If you're on a mountain for hours, alone with your thoughts, it's like meditation. It makes you so much stronger, physically and mentally.
My goal now is always to have a mountain on my calendar. I will climb Everest one day, when I'm ready for it.
Write one number in each gap.
When Emma Svensson was young, her father wanted her...
1. to climb the mountains.
2. to be close to nature.
3. to be adventurous.
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What was so special about Emma Svensson's first ascent?
1. She had to cancel it.
2. She hadn't really prepared for it.
3. She didn't expect to climb that day.
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What does Emma Svensson say about making friends?
1. She makes friends at work.
2. She makes friends at the climbing gym.
3. She wants her new friends to have the same interests.
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