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Local boy to climb Everest
Nathan Short is a sixth-form student at Pittville Community School, here in Cheltenham. But by August next year, Nathan (1)will have left / will be leaving school far behind him. He (2) won’t have hung / won’t be hanging out with his friends in town next summer either − he (3)will be camping / camps in a tent 5,000 metres up Mount Everest! By then, his body (4)will have got / will get used to the freezing temperatures and high altitude, and his team (5)waits / will be waiting for the right time to start climbing to the top of the mountain. If everything (6)goes / will have gone well, Nathan and five friends (7)are then / will then try to reach the top of Mount Everest.
‘The weather changes all the time on Everest,’ Nathan told us, ‘so a lot depends on the weather. We (8)may / will have to wait for weeks before we can climb to the top, or we (9)could start / will have started climbing in July − we just don’t know. But I’m (10)doubt / fairly sure that by the end of August we (11)will have reached / will be reaching the top of the mountain − or failed.’ One thing is certain: everyone in Cheltenham (12)may follow / will be following his trip closely.