Would you like to join an all-women' s expedition to Annapurna? You must be an experienced high altitude climber, strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker! If you think this is for YOU, please contact: Arlene Blum, Berkeley, California, USA. 

Many women wrote to them from all over the world, but they could only choose ten. When the final team was chosen, the youngest was twenty years old, the oldest was fifty. 

For Arlene, finding the climbers was only the first step. The team needed another important thing: money. There were long talks at Vera Watson' s house, when they discussed how to make the 80,000 dollars they would need for the expedition. With the help of enthusiastic friends, they organized dances, sports, and parties. They even sold expedition T- shirts. After many months, and a lot of hard work, they finally had the money they needed. 

Now at last they were in Kathmandu, the city where their great adventure would begin. Arlene looked round at the women in the airport. They looked tired after the long journey from Francisco, but happy to be in Nepal at last. There had been so many friends and families at the airport to say goodbye. It had been difficult to leave the people they loved. Irene had looked so sad when she said goodbye to her daughters. Arlene had found it very difficult to leave her boyfriend, John. For all of them there was the chance that they would never see their families or friends again. 

All climbing in the Himalayas is dangerous. One in ten of the people who go there do not come back. Annapurna was very dangerous because of its avalanches. Arlene knew the avalanches very well. On the expedition film she said... QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What qualifications are necessary to go on the all-women expedition to Annapurna?
2. What must one be able to do in order to join the women-only trip to Annapurna?
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Q2:
1. Do you have to be more than an experienced climber to go on the all-women expedition to Annapurna?
2. Does the all-women climb of Annapurna require more than just having climbing experience?
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Q3:
1. What qualifications are necessary to go on the all-women expedition to Annapurna, other than climbing experience?
2. What must one be able to do in order to join the women-only trip to Annapurna, in addition to being an experienced climber?
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Q4:
1. What kind of people did Ariene Blum need, in addition to experienced climbers?
2. What characteristics was Ariene Blum looking for in people other than climbing experience?
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Q5:
1. How did the expedition group earn money?
2. What did the women's expedition group do to raise funds?
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Q6:
1. What was the point of departure of the expedition group?
2. Where did the women's climbing group start their adventure?
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Q7:
1. What is the ratio of people who go to the Himalayas and don't return?
2. What fraction of people never make it back from their Himalayan journey?
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Q8:
1. Why are the Himalayas so dangerous?
2. What heightens the danger of the Himalayas?
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Q9:
1. What did Ariene Blum talk about at Vera Watson's house?
2. What discussion was had by Ariene Blum in the home of Vera Watson?
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Q10:
1. What was the age of the youngest climber in the all women's expedition group?
2. How old was the all-women climbing group's youngest participant?
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Q11:
1. What was the age of the oldest climber in the all women's expedition group?
2. How old was the all-women climbing group's most aged participant?
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Q12:
1. How many people total were in the expedition group?
2. What was the total number of women who joined the expedition group?
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