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    Uluru Persuasive Speech

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    You might be thinking about climbing it right now, but I strongly advise you to rethink about it. I know you might be surprised that I, as a tourist guide, am telling you not to climb Uluru. But I know the danger and inconvenience of climbing it too well. The Aboriginal people do not want their rock to be climbed as well. You might argue your trip is not complete without climbing it, but that is not true. Please hear me out, and choose not to climb Uluru. Climbing Uluru is very dangerous and…

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    something lower than the American dream. When climbing towards the American dream, that is just out of reach, and the goal you can actually reach, it is like climbing a mountain but not being able to reach the peak. The peak of the mountain is the American dream and the place where you end up at the end of your climb below the peak is your new goal. The bottom of the mountain is where everyone else, who don’t have determination or any motivation, is. When climbing a mountain, climbers need…

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    Have you ever thought about climbing up Mount Everest? What would you pack? There are many things you will need if you want to climb Mount Everest. In this paper I will present all the gear and items you will need to have a successful trip. I will list everything you need to get, so you are one hundred percent prepared for your climb. First, we have our travel and trekking gear. You will need a passport because Mount Everest is in Asia. For luggage you will need two large duffel bags…

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    Lynn Hill Research Paper

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    sport climbers of all time. With reviewing her achievement in sport climbing, some indispensible and fundamental reasons are counted. In her early childhood, she took to climbing and she showed the natural aptitude for activity with the strong and well-developed physical conditions. Hill attended Fullerton College in the late 1970s, but she did not have a strong interest in any academic subject; instead she was focused on climbing.[2].In the early 1980s, she frequently took part in camping at…

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    Personal Narrative Fiction

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    now Lia is worried that more mistakes like this will cause her to lose interest in rock climbing. The soft music playing and the faint smell of lemon-scented cleaner, which usually calm her down, have no effect on her today. Lia leaves the gym with her fervor for the sport dimmed. The sign on the gym the next day says that it is closed for repairs. “Sorry, Lia, I know how passionate you are about rock climbing. Hopefully they’ll open again soon,” her mom sympathizes. She’s trying to be…

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    Summiting Everest commands visions of grandeur and personal heroism for some, but to many sherpas tasked with the greatest workload and the most to lose, Everest represents a hard, economically necessitated risk. In a climbing culture driven by commercialism, sherpas are arguably some of the most experienced and well adapted climbers on Mount Everest, yet have little to no say in addressing the issues of safety or working conditions that are brought on by commercial motives. Initiating…

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    The Neuron Doctrine

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    parallel fiber-to-stellate cell synapses were also modifiable.) Albus defended his synaptic weakening argument by pointing out that the parallel fibers should be trained to emulate the post-complex spike pause and not the excitatory phase of the climbing fiber-induced complex spike, as Marr suggested. In order to emulate the post-complex spike pause, the parallel fiber synapses should weaken, and so the crucial mechanism for Albus’ theory was a weakening of the parallel fiber synapse. Thus,…

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    “is a luxury denied [to] those who sign on as clients on a guided ascent” (40). For these clients, trust is limited or even non-existent as they are essentially a “group of complete strangers” (40). As a result, trust and confidence in their climbing partners is not possible as this is the very first time they have climbed with one another without the benefit of being able to assess each other’s strengths and weaknesses. This is even evident in modern times as “there is less…

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    performance, and process goals. Next time I am climbing the rock wall, I will be reevaluating my goals to make sure they fit the criteria of smart goals as well as adding any additional goals as I see fit.…

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    7 GPA, and soon attended the University of California Berkeley to study engineering. At the young age of 19, he decided to drop out of school and devote all of his time to climbing. He lives out of his van, which allows him to follow good weather and climb constantly. Mostly he prefers big…

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