Himalayas

Dumbledore once said “It is our choices that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.” This quote shows that no matter how talented people are their decisions will reveal their characters. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer showcases the significance of decisions in three ways. First, according to Mr. Krakauer, choices reveal a person’s true nature. Second, a simple decision at one point in time can determine an individual’s fate. Third, a person’s choice can have a lasting psychological…

Thousands of people visit Nepal’s southern Everest Base Camp, at 5,380 meters above the sea, each year. Trekkers’ go past staying for a night, while mountaineers stay for several days or weeks before climbing Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world standing at 8,848 meters above sea level. Everest Base Camp is a temporary settlement, sometimes called ‘the tent city’. A lot of rubbish is left behind and it has been a worry over the last 20 years. The mountain is located on the border…

Nicknamed, the “Roof of the World,” Tibet harbors the tallest mountain range in the world. Tibet is the northernmost of the South Asian countries, sharing the towering peaks of the Himalayas with it’s neighboring country Nepal to the south. This region of China which sits on the Tibetan Plateau is notably autonomous, meaning there is a lack of government involvement within the land. Since this region is so isolated, traditionally, Tibet only practiced importing and exporting with China and India…

Preventable Deaths “Into thin air” by Jon Krakauer is a personal account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. One out of every four climbers, dies on the mountain, according to Jon Krakauer's book. Fifteen climbers died in the 1996 climbing season alone. With odds such as these, who should decide who is allowed to climb the mountain, and who is not? Should an individual decide they can do it, all on their own? I think it should be a chain of decisions, between several people, and groups of people.…

The word Sherpa means people from the east. Before mountain climbing was popular the word Sherpa was known for a group of people who migrated from Nepal to Tibet. Now the word Sherpa is known for more as a job description. A Sherpa is a person who climbs a mountain like Mount Everest and goes ahead to set up a trail for mountain climbers to get up easily. A Sherpas job is to set up camp, manage the porters, ensure that loads of supplies are evenly distributed,and on top of that they are…

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…

Adventure has drawn people into its deadly grasp since the beginning of time. In the long stretch of mountains called the Himalayas; Everest stands tall, calling people in with a promise of adventure. Somewhere on the North Face lays a lifeless discolored body belonging to one George Mallory, who climbed the mountain for the third time in 1924 in promise of adventure left the world with a mystery. Some believe that Mallory and his tech savvy partner Sandy Irvine did not reach the summit. However…

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…

Mt. Everest In the video In thin Air Death of Everest produced by Atlas Media, and the article ¨Into Thin Air¨ by Jon Krakauer gave us amazing first- hand accounts of the triumph, and the 1996 tragedy. On Mt. Everest climbers have to scale 29,035ft to the summit and the climbers had to wear a lot of layers of clothes to try to stay alive on the mountain. But still not all climbers make it back down the mountain. Some die from frostbite and some fell off the mountain. The video and the…

In the article, Anatoli Boukreev (responds to Krakauer), Anitoli Boukreev addresses the topic of how John Krakauer unjustly criticizing his actions and decisions on Mount Everest. He argues that he had more experience and knew what he was doing as he climbed the harsh mountain. Boukreev first main point is that he has 20 years of experience climbing high altitudes. Moreover, he had been to the highest point of Mount Everest at a minimum of three times. He also points out the fact that he has…