Mount Everest Research Paper

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I would say climbing Mount Everest is a bad idea say that because climbers have a high

chance catching a deadly disease and death.This disease is called AMS(Acute Mountain

Sickness).It is caused by reduced air pressure and lower oxygen levels at high altitudes.Most

likely to happen if you climb too fast to a high altitude you would get it but to be able to climb

mount everest you have to have the right gear and enough oxygen tanks. “180+ have climbed

and quickly died”.(p.420)So you really have to focus and have patients to climb mount everest.

In the textbook it clearly says “you need to focus hard so nothing wrong will happen while

climbing.”(p.421)Such as taking the wrong steps and right technique to get yourself aware

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