Beyond What Nature Intends
When he was 17,/Hugh Herr was one of America’s most prominent rock climbers.// But he had a severe accident while climbing.// In this lesson,/we will find out how he coped with hardship/and developed his career.//
　　Hugh Herr was a born climber.// By age 8,/he had scaled the face of 11,627-foot Mt. Temple/in southern Alberta, Canada.// Later,/he began climbing without a rope.// He ascended tough climbing routes,/some of which no adult had ever attempted before.// By the time he was a teenager,/Herr was one of the top rock climbers on the East Coast.//
Climbing Accident//
　　In January 1982,/17-year-old Hugh Herr and his friend,/Jeff Batzer,/age 20,/set out to climb Mt. Washington.// Located in New Hampshire,/Mt. Washington is the highest peak/in the Northeastern United States,/at 6,288 feet.// Their climb began in reasonable weather,/but winters in New Hampshire can be brutal,/and very quickly,/the two boys were fighting 100-mile-per-hour winds.// The temperature dropped/to a windchill factor of minus 110 degrees Fahrenheit.//