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...
What are the qualifications to Join an all-woman expedition to Annapurma?
Are there any others?
What are they?
What else did Ariene Blum need to find besides climbers?
what were some of the things done to earn the money they needed?
What city would their adventure begin?
How many people who go to the Himalays don't come back?
why is it so dangerous?
What did Ariene discuss at Vera Watson's house?
How old was the youngest of the group of people for the trip?
and how old was the oldest?
How many total was there?
be an experienced high altitude climber
must be an experienced high altitude climber
yes
 strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker! 
strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker
 high altitude climber, strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker
money.
The team needed another important thing: money. 
they organized dances, sports, and parties
 they organized dances, sports, and parties
Kathmandu
Kathmandu, the city where their great adventure would begin
One in ten
One in ten of the people
because of its avalanches
 Annapurna was very dangerous because of its avalanches
how to make the 80,000 dollars
they discussed how to make the 80,000 dollars
twenty
the youngest was twenty years old
fifty
years old, the oldest was fifty
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Many women wrote to them from all over the world, but they could only choose ten