【导读】　你想加入一支娘子军前往安纳布尔纳峰探险吗？你必须是一位经验丰富的高海拔登山者，同时要强健、热忱、吃苦耐劳！如果你觉得自己符合条件，请加入我们一起踏上极限运动之旅吧！

　　Climbers Wanted

　　The leader of the group was Arlene Blum, an American mountaineer with many years' experience of climbing high mountains.For her，this day was the result of two years of planning.She smiled as she walked down the steps of the plane and saw the Nepalese newspapermen running up to her.

　　"Why do you want to climb Annapurna？Why all women？"they asked her.

　　These were the same questions Arlene had asked herself a thousand times during the past few difficult months.Now that she was here the answers seemed simpler than before."This mountain is 8，000 metres high，and if we succeed we'll be the first Americans and the first women to climb Annapurna.And why all women？Because we all love climbing high and we want to give women the chance to climb one of the world's highest mountains."

　　征募登山者

　　小组领队阿琳·布卢姆是一名美国登山运动员，有着多年攀登高峰的经验。这一天是她两年来筹划的结果。她微笑着走下飞机的舷梯，看到尼泊尔的记者们蜂拥而上。

　　"你为什么想攀登安纳布尔纳峰？为什么全是女性？"他们问她。

　　在过去困难重重的几个月里，阿琳用同样的问题问过自己不下数千次。既然她到了这儿，答案也就显得比过去简单了。"这座山峰有8 000米高，如果我们成功了，我们将是第一批登上安纳布尔纳峰的美国人，同时也是第一批登上安纳布尔纳峰的女性。为什么这次全是女性？因为我们都喜欢攀登高峰，而且想让女性有机会体验攀登世界最高峰的感觉。"

As she left the plane and walked towards the airport buildings，Arlene remembered how it had all started.The idea of climbing Annapurna had first come to her when she was in the Himalayas in 1976.The beautiful Annapurna seemed a perfect