I found the climb absolutely petrifying.

我觉得这次爬山太吓人了。

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My muscles had stiffened up after the climb.

爬上去以后我两腿都发僵了。

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Pete Schneider considers the climb tougher today.

皮特·施耐德认为，如今的奋斗更加艰难。

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Since nineteen fifty-three, more than ten thousand people have attempted to climb to the top of the world's highest mountain.

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I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

我真想去爬白桦树，沿着雪白的树干，爬上乌黑的树枝，爬向那天心，直到树身再支撑不住，树梢碰着地，把我放下来。

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In May, a thirteen-year-old American boy became the youngest person to climb the tallest mountain on Earth.

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Think about it--from the cute Honda CRX with the pullout tailgate table to the climb-anything-anywhere Jeep Liberty to the blot-out-the-sun Chevy Avalanche.

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Otherwise, any time of year, hikers can start the two-hour climb from the base of the mountain to the summit in the village of Murrisk, next to the visitor centre Teach na Miasa.

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During the three-hour climb up rocky switchbacks to the pass, we stomp through several steep spots blanketed in knee-deep snow and ice. (You really feel those 30 pounds shifting around on your back as you try to maintain your balance.) We're forced to detour around one switchback and shimmy up a slick, steep incline of green brush, holding on to plants for leverage--and praying for solid foot positions.

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