Ice climbing

expeditions led by highly experiences climbers attempted to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Out of the 23 mountaineers that attempted the summit, only 18 survived. Of the five that perished, two men, Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, extremely skilled climbing leaders with previous experience reaching the summit, did not make the decent. Since that deadly expedition in 1996, many, including the survivors of that climb, have attempted to explain why the tragedy occurred. Some emphasized that…

determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill, the trick is to get back down alive.” This quote from Jon Krakauer captures the gripping story of Into Thin Air which summarizes Jon’s emotional and physical journey while climbing the tallest mountain in the world. Through extensive climbing and note-taking Jon is able to share his experiences and tell a riveting story about his life or death experience from the perspective of a reporter which provides an amazing point of view about…

the same time? People, if climbing a mountain, must be experienced, have gumption, and resiliant. If a person falls off, a helicopter will come and try to rescue them. Should the society allow these savings? The right to helicopters should not be allowed, because, some people do not have the skill level and, more than one person can die on a helicopter rescue. The first reason people do not have the right to helicopters, is because some people know the risks of climbing, but still do it. In…

In the letter, Anatoli Boukreev (Responds to Krakauer), Anatoli Boukreev comments on the topic of his decisions and actions regarding the Mount Everest expedition on May 10, 1996. He argues that he has had more than twenty years of experience in climbing high-altitude mountains, and he is able to make rational decisions without the aid of supplementary oxygen. The first issue that Boukreev addresses, is his decision to retrieve supplies from camp for others. When Boukreev encountered Scott…

greed, hatred and delusion takes patience and self-love. This value of mindfulness teachings over the years came while doing my first outdoor rock climb. Climbing outdoors had enough differences from my indoor climbing I needed an experienced…

tools and clothes for climbers. Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia's founder, was a active climber who would eventually change the look of climbing forever. During the late sixties, men did not wear bright, colorful clothes, because it was deemed as unmanly. According to Patagonia’s history,“climbing gear consisted of basic gray sweatshirts and pants, and the standard issue for climbing in Yosemite was tan cut-off chinos and white dress shirts”. This was the standard for many years until a trip to…

American rock climbing has undergone many changes, but the key aspects that have formed out of the popularizing of rock climbing have stayed the same. Lawrence C. Hamilton expresses that rock climbing is “characterized by (1) a motivation or reward structure that encourages the continual creation of new climbs, and (2) a finite and exhaustible medium in which to create them” (Hamilton 1979, 285). Rock climbing has become a new subculture and a lifestyle consisting of its own values, language,…

off with the author, John Gorman, explaining his experience of learning how to rock climb. Although he is slightly intimidated, he nervously continues to go into the rock gym. He explains that many people have a fear of falling when they are rock climbing, so he comes up with a cycle; he will climb one rung, fall, get back up, and repeat until he reaches the top. Gorman explains his theory by stating, “Had I never fallen until I did so by mistake, at a time when I did not know what falling felt …

The Jewels That Mountains Wear Image source: google.com How much ice did you ever see in one place? An ice tray full? A skating rink full? A pond full? A river frozen from bank to bank? That 's a lot of ice. But there are places in the world where there is more. Much more. You know how high mountains are. There are places where the space between mountains is crammed and jammed and packed full of ice. This kind of ice is called glacier. This video simply explains how glacier is formed…

Everything that we do on this planet can affect how we will live in the present and future. Throughout the years of developing a better world, we have also destroyed it in the process. As we continue to do our ways of inducing climate change, the outcome of a larger and a lot more dangerous disasters is inevitable. The world we may live in may change for the worst. Climate change is a way of understanding how molecules can affect other molecules differently in an environment. This change can…