Read the excerpt from "the dream comes true." it was such a sight as i had never seen before and would never see again: wild, wonderful and terrible. but terror was not what i felt. i loved the mountains too well for that. i loved everest too well. at that great moment for which i had waited all my life my mountain did not seem to me a lifeless thing of rock and ice, but warm and friendly and living. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? a. to convey the emotions experienced at reaching the top b. to give an opinion about his friendship with edmund hillary c. to inform readers about the facts of the final part of the climb d. to describe the feelings of terror throughout the climb