2. QUESTION 2 (RELATED TO QUESTION 1 PART A above) PART B: Re-read the following passage from Paragraph 11 of the essay. Select a detail from the passage below that supports the author's
claim that you chose for QUESTION 1 PART A.
In a famous mountain-climbing accident chronicled in the book and documentary Touching the
Void, climber Simon Yates was attempting to rope his already-injured friend Joe Simpson down a
mountain in bad weather when the belay went awry. Simpson ended up hanging off a cliff,
unable to climb up, and Yates, unable to lift him up and losing his own grip on the mountain,
ended up cutting the rope to Simpson to save himself. Miraculously, Simpson survived the 100
foot fall and eventually made his way down the mountain. But Yates was criticized by some for his
survival decision, even though the alternative would have almost certainly led to both of their
deaths. *
A. Simpson ended up hanging off a cliff, unable to climb up, and Yates, unable to lift him up and losing his
own grip on the mountain, ended up cutting the rope to Simpson to save himself.
B. But Yates was criticized by some for his survival decision, even though the alternative would have almost
certainly led to both of their deaths.
C. In a famous mountain-climbing accident chronicled in the book and documentary Touching the Void,
climber Simon Yates was attempting to rope his already injured friend Joe Simpson down a mountain in bad
weather when the belay went awry.