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Pre-Int Unit4 Lesson4a111

Edurne Pasaban is a famous mountaineer who climbed the 14 tallest mountains in the world. She grew up in the mountains of Spain and has achieved many climbing feats, though she climbs for adventure rather than fame. Steven Shoppman and Stephen Bouey are friends from Denver who went on a 3-year road trip through 69 countries over 122,000 kilometers, taking risks like driving through a minefield but finding that with help from others, the world was not as dangerous as they imagined.

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Pre-Int Unit4 Lesson4a111

Edurne Pasaban is a famous mountaineer who climbed the 14 tallest mountains in the world. She grew up in the mountains of Spain and has achieved many climbing feats, though she climbs for adventure rather than fame. Steven Shoppman and Stephen Bouey are friends from Denver who went on a 3-year road trip through 69 countries over 122,000 kilometers, taking risks like driving through a minefield but finding that with help from others, the world was not as dangerous as they imagined.

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Pre-Intermediate Students Book

4a Page 46 READING TEXT

Life

Adventurers of the year


Every year, readers of National Geographic magazine vote for
their adventurers of the year. Here are two of them.
THE MOUNTAINEER
As a child, Edurne Pasaban lived in the mountainous Basque region of Spain and
she climbed her rst mountain when she was fourteen. At university, she studied
engineering but she didnt want a nine-to-ve job. In May 2010 she nished her
biggest challenge, to climb the worlds fourteen tallest mountains. Nowadays she is
famous for her many climbing achievements, However, she didnt climb in order to
become famous. She says, For me, adventure is a way of life.
THE ROAD TRIPPERS
Steven Shoppman and Stephen Bouey were old friends who grew up together in
Denver. But they knew each other a lot better after their adventure. They both had
an ambition to go on a road trip round the world. From 2007 to 2010, they drove
through 69 different countries during their 122,000-kilometre journey and had
many adventures. They took a big risk when they went across a mineeld (see
photo). They also got help from lots of people and they found that the world wasnt
as dangerous as they thought!

road trip (n) /rdtrp/ a long journey by road

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