4.3 breathtaking feat pune,apr.19,2008 sudesh malhotra sheetal mahajan,has made a record by becoming...

• 4.3 Breathtaking Feat• Pune,Apr.19,2008• Sudesh Malhotra• Sheetal Mahajan ,has made a record by • Becoming the first woman in the world by a free fall para- jump

over the North Pole on April 18, 2004 from 2400 feet ,in minus 37 degree Celsius temperature .She was awarded the Shivchhatrapati

• State Sports Award in 2004-05 by Government of• Maharashtra.On dec.15, 2007, she jumped from 15,000 feet over

the South Pole at minus 38 degrees Celsius.She was awarded the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National

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• Adventure Award by then president A.P. J. Abdul Kalam.Sheetal became the first amateur woman in the world to jump over both poles without trials.

• Sheetal Mahajan has quite a few records in her sights.In this,’I want to be on television generation ,youngsters are taking up unusual challenges .Sheetal Mahajan is no different . This coming week the 24-year –old will make an accelerated free fall parachute jump over the white continent of Antarctica .Never before has




• Any man or woman dared to make the first free fall jump over the world’s most demanding drop zone where temperature ranges between minus 40 and minus 50 degrees Celsius.

• ‘As a youngster, I wanted to be in news .First I thought of talent shows where one has to dance or sing .Then one day I met my friend’s brother who is a squadron leader in the Indian Air Force .He told me about parachute




• Jumping . The concept excited me and I decided to do it’. Says Sheetal before taking a flight to the U. S.

• On December 10,she is supposed to start from Chille, the last camp for the South Pole . Then she will take the jump according to the weather conditions .




• Evaluation• A1. Complete the following by choosing the

correct alternative .• i] 24 year old will make an accelerated free

fall parachute jump over the ------• a] blue continent of Antarctica• b] white continent of Antarctica• c] continent of Antarctica• ii] She will jump according to the------.• a] uncongenial weather condition




• b] weather conditions• c] congenial weather conditions• A2 What did Sheetal say before taking a flight to the U.

S.• A3 Match the words in column A with their meanings in

column B• Column A Column B• a accelerate i] unskilled person• b squadron leader ii]challenging• c amateur iii] increase speed• d demanding iv] next below wing commander




• A4 i] I wanted to be in the news.• [make a short question]• ii]The concept excited me .[ change the

voice] • A5 What do you think are the challenges

involved in adventure sports .




• Her first target was to jump over the North Pole ,which she successfully completed in April 2004. Recently she has been awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award for the feat .

• ‘I discovered that one Indian woman ,Rachel Thomas has already achieved the feat . So the only way I could have gone into the record books was by making it the first jump of my life . I learnt that Rachel had some 15 years of professional para jumping experience before she undertook the North Pole expedition .I had never set foot on an aircraft before taking the expedition’.




• Attached to his helmet .’• If she completes the feat, Sheetal says she will

become the first woman in the world to jump over both the poles without any practice. She shares that the expedition a lot of money. ‘Tata Motors, where my father is employed ,is also sponsoring me. Then I am using the National Award Money. Also, I have taken an education loan by mortgaging the house.’

• Talking of other challenges involved, Sheetal says during the first jump she was supposed to wear seven layers of clothing. ‘This caused




• Skin problems ,because you can’t take out some layers even in the tent.Thankfully, my brother is an Ayurveda doctor, so IIII recovered soon .This time I am taking along silicon thermal wear,’ sumps up Sheetal .




• Evaluation• A1 i] What was Sheetal’s first target .• ii]What will Sheetal take along to save her from skin

problems .• A2 Why had Sheetal to mortgage her house .• A3 Frame a sentence of your own using the following adverb .• i]automatically . Ii]successfully• A4 i]I had never set foot on an aircraft before • [Add a question tag ]• ii]Rachel Thomas has already achieved the feat .• [change the voice ]• A5 What lesson do you learn from this text .•




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