Is Climbing Mount Everest Research Paper

After my teacher asked me the question, “Is climbing Mount Everest or any other mountain worth it?” I knew what my answer was before the period was over. I don’t believe climbing Mount Everest, or any other mountain for that matter, is worth it and this is why. The view or the “feeling” you get at the top is not worth the cold, discomfort, pain, and possible demise that I will most likely suffer in attempts to get to the top. In my personal experience, I have an initial intolerance for cold. This makes the idea of climbing mountains unappealing. Why risk my comfort to do something extremely strenuous without any real reward? I’d much rather go to a nice sunny beach somewhere warm where I don’t have to worry about freezing to death or falling off a mountain. Let’s say that I didn’t climb mountains for the view but for the adrenalin. I could still think of many other things I could participate in that would fulfill my adrenalin cravings, such as paragliding, bungee jumping, and skydiving. These activities take place in what I consider to be a warmer, safer, and more pleasant environment. In fact, In 2015, Mt. Everest had …show more content…
Everest is very strenuous and time consuming. I recently watched a short documentary about a few climbers who attempted the summit a few weeks ago. In this I saw a few climbers reach the top with minimal, exasperated, and anticlimactic celebration. While the other climbers worked for many months just to climb up the mountain, get horribly sick, and have to turn back mere yards from the summit. This is a big part of why I think mountain climbing isn’t worth it. There is no enjoyment in preparing for a long period of time to complete a task only to turn back before accomplishing that goal. The humiliation and disappointment alone would be extreme for any one person. Even if I were to make it to the top of Everest, I guarantee that I would be too cold, tired, and deprived of oxygen to care about anything other than getting back