He starts by telling us about the climb itself, but quickly shifts the focus from the event to Hillary's incomplete account about it. Then, he continues to describe the adventure, stopping from time to time, and referring again to Hillary's view. His narration is interrupted with these occasional comments. Apparently, his goal is to provide a more complete and objective account. The point he draws the reader to is that the climb would have been impossible if it weren't for the two of them, and that it is entirely irrelevant who made the first step.
As you may know, nonverbal communication is communication
that happens without words. Nonverbal
communication can be anything from eye contact (or lack of eye contact) to
facial expressions and gestures. When
one views the speech that President Kennedy gave at Rice University, he can be
seen to frequently use his right hand to point down toward the podium or to
pound his fist into the podium. This
nonverbal communication—the gestures President Kennedy makes with his right
hand— communicates a determination and confidence that reinforces what he was
communicating in his speech that the United States was determined to go to the
moon and confident it would do so.
