Now, at ten, Selah Schneiter has become the youngest person ever to climb the 3,000-foot-high Nose r

Now, at ten, Selah Schneiter has become the youngest person ever to climb the 3,000-foot-high Nose route of El Capitan, topping out above Yosemite Valley. Selah was unaware she was breaking a record at the time.
“El Cap was the mountain my wife Joy and I first climbed together,” Mike, Selah’s father, said. “We fell in love while climbing the route over four days.” After the couple married, they returned there to climb. They took Selah on her first trip to Yosemite when she was only two months old.
First asked if she’d try the Nose, she declined. Then, she began to think about it more, and last year she felt that she was able to make it to the Nose. However, accomplishing the seemingly impossible climb requires more than simply deciding to go for it. Over the winter, Mike and Selah prepared for “the big one”.
When it came time to climb, Selah and Mike were joined by Mark Regier, a long-time family friend who had been part of the El Cap team when Mike and Joy met. He was also the chief witness of their wedding. Doing such a climb with a ten-year-old, Regier considered it seriously. “Being a father myself, I must look after her well,” he said. At first he doublechecked everything she did, but after a while he was sure Selah knew what she was doing. Then they set off.
When it came to the exposure, Selah showed fortitude. “It wasn’t that frightening,” she said. “Although when it got really exposed it can be a little scary.” She admitted to getting nervous under The Great Roof, but she calmed herself and was comfortable being so high.
Eventually, she and her companions completed the 5-day climb successfully.
4. What can we know about Mike?
A. He encouraged Selah to set a record.
B. He’s had a long history with Yosemite.
C. He helped Selah decide to climb El Cap.
D. He came across Joy at Regier’s wedding.
5. How did Mark Regier feel at first about Selah’s climbing the Nose?
A. Amused. B. Confident.
C. Cautious. D. Encouraged.
6. What does the underlined word “fortitude” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Scare. B. Relaxation.
C. Pride. D. Courage.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Small Climber, Big Outcome
B. Selah Was a True Climber at Ten
C. Selah Schneiter, a Born Climber
D. Life Means Enjoying Climbing
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