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    Edmund Rice was born in 1762 in Callan Ireland he was the fourth child to be born out of six and the first one of them to be properly educated which then led to him becoming a mercantile apprenticeship under his Uncle. In 1785 he married but in 1789 his wife died to a fever (most likely cholera).Edmund Rice founded the Christian Brothers in the year 1802, it was founded because Edmund Rice wanted to join a religious institute but instead of doing that he with the support of Dr Thomas Hussey…

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    There are many reasons I'm applying for AP at St. Edmund Campion. Here are some of them. First, I would like to apply for AP because I can use AP as a tool to enhance my learning even more. By this I mean, I can improve my learning with the help of the AP teachers and the AP students. Second, AP will develop me into a better student and person because I can learn many new things and meet a lot of people who think like me. This will help in the future when I want to work with people like me.…

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    also find similarities between Edmund and me in that I am quiet and have a difficult time with change. However, unlike Edmund, I have a strong inside moral compass and I don’t try to rationalize making the wrong decision. Out of all the Pevensie children, the most part of me is as lively, curious, sensitive and faithful as Lucy. Like Lucy, I am honest and I fight for what I believe I know to be true. Just as…

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    Everest trekking Everest trekking is an adventure journey into the base camps of the world highest mountain. A strenuous grade hiking begins after 30 minutes flight (Kathmandu-Lukla) at Lukla, 8 hours bus tour (Kathmandu-Jiri bus) at Jiri, and after the 25 minutes flight (Kathmandu-Phaplu) at Phaplu. The northeast region of Nepal has five different short and long treks, including Everest Base Camp Trek, Short Everest Base Camp Trek, Everest high pass trek, Gokyo Lake trekking and Everest view…

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    “If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame,” Tenzing Norgay. Tenzing was the second man to reach the summit of Everest behind Edmund Hillary, Norgay was a sherpa that helped guide Edmund up the mountain so that Hilary could reach the summit. A sherpa is tibetan for “eastern people” and they live in the mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. The Himalayas is the tallest mountain range in the world ,and is also home to the tallest…

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    do. You have to be in shape physically and be as prepared as you can for anything that might go wrong. Helping the Sherpa people out is a good thing as well. The climbers give them money to guide them and to help them try to reach the top. Sir Edmund Hillary even helped build schools in Nepal, which is at the base of Mt. Everest.…

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    The Wildest Journey

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    where he fell, and certainly to high for him to be in the shape his body was when it was found. Although Odell’s sighting may not have been where he originally thought they were; in the article “George Mallory conquered Everest decades before Sir Edmund Hillary” written by Nick Britten published on telegraph.co.uk, Graham Hoyland a man obsessed with Mallory and Irvine since he was 12 and has climbed the mountain multiple times to…

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    you prombley will become famous or you be very happy to reach a goal. 2 cons are you have a higher chance to die and the weather is really bad. First , 1 pros is you might become famous. The author states "It’s been over 60 years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest." Another pro is that you have this goal set to climb Mount Everest and you would get to cross it off. The author states "Since that time, many other…

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    Theme Of Faith In Narnia

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    In Narnia, as in the Bible, grace is linked to faith. One cannot acquire forgiveness on their own. His own sin is too great and the divine sovereign is too honest for self-justification. One cannot change themselves either. Sinfulness is to grand to overcome on ones’ own. There are some things only Aslan can do, and the only proper human response to these things is faith. As the Beavers in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tell Peter, it is no good trying to save Mr. Tumnus from the White…

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    Mount Vinson and Mount everest are two completely different mountains. Vinson is the easiest, while Everest is the hardest, tallest mountain of the seven summits. Mount Vinson & Mount Everest were first climbed twelve years apart. Everest & Vinson both take the same gear. Mount Vinson is located in the Ellsworth Range in Antarctica. The Ellsworth Range was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1958. In order to climb Vinson, you take a four hour, 120 kilometer in a Russian Cargo Plane. Vinson is…

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