Throughout his narrative, "the final assault," edmund hillary states that he keeps checking the men's oxygen supplies. how do the oxygen supplies affect the outcome of the narrative? the men have enough oxygen in their bottles so they are able to complete their climb to the summit of mt. everest. hillary thinks that it may be necessary for them to retrace their steps to retrieve the partially used bottles of oxygen that were left behind. hillary is worried that there is only enough oxygen for one man to climb up to the summit, making it even more dangerous without assistance. the men are concerned that without oxygen they will be prevented from climbing the summit, giving up their spot in history to someone else.

Read the passage below my men came pressing round me, pleading: 'why not take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it? we'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. we say put out again on good salt water! ' ah, how sound that was! yet i refused. i wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer – no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends. -the odyssey, homer what inferences can be made about odysseus based on his choice to stay and see the cyclops? check all that apply. a.odysseus does not care about his crew. b.odysseus is curious about what the cyclops is like. c.odysseus wants to see if the cyclops will give him anything. d.odysseus is scared of the cyclops. e.odysseus needs to show who is in charge by not following what his men say.