Choose the correct words from the brackets and complete the following passages:
mightiest, halfway, remains, brutal, granted, defied)
Once having …….1……… this, the question ……2………. Why Everest? Because it is the highest, the ………..3………. and has ……….4………… many previous attempts. It takes the last ounce of one’s energy. It is a ……….5………. struggle with rock and ice. Once taken up, it cannot be given up ……..6……….. even when one’s life is at stake.