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1.	The author’s meeting with Norbu.
Answer» The author was feeling rather lonely without Tsetan who had left for Lhasa. There weren’t any pilgrims at Darchen as he had reached the place much early in the season. It was then he Norbu who was a Tibetan and also an academician. He too was there to visit Kailash and they decided to go there together.

2.	The reasons why people willingly undergo the travails of difficult journeys.
Answer» The author was an academician, hence, he undertook the journey for the purpose of education. For him it was a learning experience. Secondly, people undertake such journeys because of the spirit of adventure. The areas covered by the author are some of the most difficult terrains in the world. The third can be a religious reason. People visit places like Mount Kailash as part of their pilgrimage.

3.	Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context. ducking back swathe careered down manoeuvres cairn of rocks salt flats billowed
Answer» ducking back : quickly going inside and then coming out manoeuvres : military exercises involving a large number of soldiers, ships, etc. billowed : filled with the air and swelled out swathe : literally: a long strip of land of something, contextually: a land stretched with snow cairn of rocks : a pile of stones that mark a special place such as the top of a mountain or a place where somebody is buried careered down : descending the slope salt flats : thatched roofed houses covered with snow

4.	What do the following utterances indicate? (i) “I told her, through Daniel …” (ii) “It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.
Answer» (i) She was not able to follow English but Daniel translated what he told in English in the Tibetan language to her. (ii) The doctor spoke in Tibetan language, which Tsetan translated into English for the author.

5.	“As a Buddhist, he told me, he knew that it didn’t really matter if I passed away, but he thought it would be bad for business.”
Answer» Tsetan was a good Buddhist and believed that death was not the end of life. Kailash being a holy place it would be better for him as it would take him to heaven. Then if the author would die there, it would be bad for his business as his credibility will be at stake in looking after the tourists and later he may not get any customers.

6.	The purpose of the author’s journey to Mount Kailash.
Answer» Nick Middleton is an Oxford Professor as well as an adventurer. He follows the most difficult terrain through the Silk Road and reaches mount Kailash. He visits the holy place to complete the kora- going around the place.

7.	The author’s physical condition in Darchen.
Answer» The author was not physically well when he reached Darchen. His sinuses were blocked due to the cold wind at Hor and he was not able to sleep well at night. The next day Tsetan took him to the Darchen Medical College and the doctor there gave him some medicine that gave him some relief.

8.	The author was disappointed with Darchen.
Answer» The author was disappointed with Darchen. The high altitude was giving him health problems. He had a bad cold and was not able to sleep at night. Since he was one of the early arrivals there weren’t any pilgrims coming to the place. The place was dusty, partially derelict and punctuated by heaps of rubble and refuse.