Answer:
Norgay considers them to be "living and affectionate".
Step-by-step explanation:
Norgay explained that great moment for which he had waited for all his life those mountains were not seem as a lifeless thing of rock and ice. He found them warm,friendly and living. He called "MOUNT EVEREST", a mother hen, and the other mountains were chicks under her wings. He felt that too that he only to spread his own wings to cover and shelter the brood that he loved.
Norgay talks about Everest and the surrounding mountains as living and affectionate things that protect the surrounding environment and his homeland.