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Standing at 29,029 feet, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. But in 2015,a deadly event occurred that changed the future of climbing Everest forever. June 25,2015. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes the capital of Nepal,Kathmandu,Everest being approximately 140 miles east of the epicenter. Avalanches started near base camp on Everest while people ran for cover from the snow,wind,and rocks. 19 died and 120 were injured. The identified people were five climbers and ten…

Professional Mold Prevention Services in Eastern North Carolina Though mold is often seen as a silent organism that grows on the corners of your walls and ceilings, it can be life-threatening if you leave it unattended. Common house molds come in three classes, and each one affects your health differently: Allergenic Molds that are in the allergenic category don’t pose as a serious threat to most individuals. However, environments that are harboring allergenic molds are not suitable for…

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The most important factor that caused the derailment of the train is, when Lac-Megantic was testing its mandatory hand brakes test, the hand brakes and air brakes were left together, so during the test, the freight train were held by the hand brakes and air brakes, which gave the impression that the train was held only by the hand brakes, so the engineer and the rail traffic controller thought that the train was secure. Before the accident, the locomotive was reviewed by MMA’s repair shop eight…

like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles with thousands of daily commuters air pollution is a tremendous concern. The large quantities of air pollutants that the vehicles produce is a big issue. The city of Los Angeles has battle this issue for more than 50 years and they have created many regulations and legislations to reduce smog. Smog is a mixture of pollutants with carbon particles. But one of the best way to increase air quality is using alternative fuel vehicles. Public transportation…

believe that climbing the mountain Everest would consume a lot of physical strengths. It is absolutely true that it acquires a tremendous amount of strength. However, climbing the Everest need more than physical endurance. As reading through ‘Into Thin Air’, the prejudices of climbing the Everest had collapsed. Thinking about Everest, people need enough physical strength to endure all the pains during climbing, but the prerequisites of climbing were beyond that. For instance, due to high…

Written in 1996 and published in 1997 Jon Krakauer - 1954-present 20th century - Modern writing with some uses of slang in the text Key Quotations: “Morality had remained a conveniently hypothetical concept, an idea to ponder in the abstract. Sooner or later the divestiture of such a privileged innocence was inevitable, but when it finally happened the show was magnified by the sheer superfluity of the carnage” (Krakauer, 283). Krakauer’s experience at Everest was more than just an experience…

children. Many of these toxins are unavoidable, being in food and drink items such as milk and water. Although these items are in children's toys and food products they are also in our environment. Every second, 310kg of toxins are released into the air, water, and land by industrial factories. The resources in our earth are being contaminated and used carelessly, such as what is said by Karen Rogers of Demand Media, “ It takes approximately 500 gallons of water for a textile factory to…

I support Jon Krakauer because he experienced deaths and suffered but he made it to the summit and went back down. He made it to Camp 4 but the others weren’t there yet one of them made it to camp 4 and stayed with Krakauer. Although he had doubts of Everest he wanted to make it to the summit but people from his group died on Everest, he wished he never climbed Everest. Jon wrote an article of Mount Everest and his experience there. He cared for his group but he worried about himself mostly, I…

Environmental Protection Agency and Diesel Particulate Filter laws are a major problem today in the diesel industry. The EPA industry is claiming diesel engines are not running efficient enough for their particular measures to have a safe environment or clean burning engine. EPA’s discrimination about diesels is that they put sulfur and other harmful fumes into the atmosphere and hurt the environment enough to where the point has got to EPA that if they make a change, their changes will make a…