Ini storyny:In May 1985 two climbers, Joe Simpson
and Simon Yates, left their base camp
Yates didn't know what was happening below. He waited for an hour
by a lake and started climbing the
but the rope was too heavy and it was pulling Yates down the mountain
north face of a mountain called Siula
towards the cliff. He had two choices: hold the rope but then both of
Grande in the Peruvian Andes. This climb
them might die, or cut the rope and survive. It was an impossible decision
was incredibly dangerous but the two
for Yates but, at the last second, Yates cut the rope and saved himself.
men were experienced climbers and
Immediately, Simpson fell thirty metres into a crevasse.
physically fit. On Day 1, the weather was
The next day, while Yates was desperately looking for Simpson, he
good and the climb
found the crevasse. He called for Simpson but he heard nothing. Sadly,
began well. At night Yates didnt know it
he decided that Simpson was dead. Yates didn't know
they made a snow cave
it but Simpson was -
unbelievably - still alive inside
and slept on the side of
but Simpson was -
the crevasse.
the mountain.
unbelievably - still alive Simpson waited for hours but when he realised Yates
Three days later, after inside the crevasse.
wasn't coming, he decided to take a risk. He had some
some very difficult
rope so he abseiled to the bottom of the crevasse. He
climbing and bad
managed to find a way out. For three days, Simpson
weather, the two men stood at the
drank water from the snow and ice. He crawled back towards the
summit. Unfortunately, the weather was
base camp and at four o'clock in the afternoon of Day 7, Simpson was
getting worse so they didn't stay long.
very near.
As they were going down a mountain In the middle of that night, Yates was sleeping in his tent at base camp
ridge, a disaster happened. Simpson fell when he woke up. He was sure someone was shouting his name. Excitedly,
and broke his knee. Quickly, Yates tied a he ran outside and looked around. Finally, after searching and searching
rope to himself and then to his friend. he found Simpson. He was lying on the ground, not moving, but he was
He began lowering Simpson down the still breathing.
mountain and, for hours and hours,
After a few days, the two men returned home and their story became
Yates helped Simpson get down the
famous. Unfairly, some climbers criticised Yates for cutting the rope. But,
mountain. They were getting close to the
in 1988, Simpson wrote a book about the events and defended Yates.
glacier at the bottom of the mountain
Simpson believed Yates made the right decision.
but suddenly Simpson slipped. This time
he went over the edge of a cliff. He was
hanging in mid-air. Simpson shouted
up to Yates, but the wind was blowing
loudly and Yates couldn't hear him.

soal 1
Read the story again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)
1 The accident happened while Simpson and Yates were
climbing up the mountain.
2 They didn't reach the top of Siula Grande.
3 Yates cut the rope because he wanted to survive,
4 Yates didn't look for Simpson afterwards.
5 Simpson managed to get to the base camp on his own.

soal 2
(gambar)​