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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 between China and Nepal. While it is the tallest mountain in the world, its not the furthest summit from the center of the Earth. I believe that building a structure increases the amount of tourists and makes climbing the mountain less dangerous. If you build a permanent structure on Everest Base Camp, it would be very hard to build it but there would be more good outcomes than bad ones like more people and money. To build it they have to use helicopters and airplanes to get the necessary building materials up to the Base Camp. The materials that I think they would have to build a structure out of are brick and/or wood. Brick would probably be better because it would last longer and is stronger than wood. Also you would need to bring up some supplies to build the facilities. If I built it I would include bathrooms, beds, heating, water, a kitchen, storage and a nice comfortable living room. Since a lot of different people climb Mount Everest for different reasons, they all have…

I would say climbing Mount Everest is a bad idea say that because climbers have a high chance catching a deadly disease and death.This disease is called AMS(Acute Mountain Sickness).It is caused by reduced air pressure and lower oxygen levels at high altitudes.Most likely to happen if you climb too fast to a high altitude you would get it but to be able to climb mount everest you have to have the right gear and enough oxygen tanks. “180+ have climbed and quickly died”.(p.420)So you…

Jordan Romero’s book is a truly inspiring piece of work in itself. It must be a true thrill to climb all of the world’s seven summits at the youngest age ever recorded. In my life, I have encountered my own “seven summits” which parallel as challenges I have faced throughout the course of my lifetime. The first and the most monumental “mountain” I had to climb was dealing with the death of my father. Personally, this was my “Everest” and through dealing with it, it has made me a much…

Expedition Everest Isn’t a Joyride Mt. Everest stands as the tallest mountain in the world. This majestic monster towers at 29,028 feet. Journalist, Jon Krakeur, records his own experience climbing the mountain and his personal account of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster. In the text, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakeur, the author demonstrates how commercialization can give false hope to the public. An expedition on Everest should not be taken lightly. In order to keep receiving sponsorships from…

Climbers dedicate themselves to achieve skills to improve their development at high altitudes, but there are individuals who are born with these features and with a genetic allowance for it, the Sherpas. The Sherpas are an ethnic group that inhabit at the high altitudes of the Himalaya, in the region of Nepal. Expeditions intending to summit the Everest require Sherpas for support and guidance, since they have experience in the mountains. Sherpas’ job is to carry climbing gear, tents, ropes and…

There were many casualties in the novel Into Thin Air all in which were a result of human error. Even one of the experienced sherpas who was there to help guide the people up to the summit died because of his ignorance. One would expect for the beginners to make the worst mistakes but in this occasion it was the most experienced who made the worst call in the novel. For it was the Head Guide, Rob Hall who’s bad decision caused the death of eight members in his expedition. Being assigned as a…

Should We Save Them? Around 800 people try to climb Mount Everest every year, but over 230 people have died on the mountain. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Since then, almost 4,000 other people have tried to do the same. Not everyone makes it to the peak though, but some people’s lives are saved by helicopters, rescue teams and other rescue services. People do not have the right to rescue services when they…

Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 m (29029 ft.) The height of it was first published in 1856, when it was known as Peak XV. There are dangers that await that include high winds, bad weather, and altitude sickness for people who climb the mountain. There is an average of 5,000 people who try to climb it. Lack of oxygen is a serious problem while climbing it. If you climb an…

Even though it is easier for people to climb Everest now than it was many years ago, people still have the possibility of dying. You have to wait for storms to abate, a possibility of getting high altitude cerebral edema/high altitude pulmonary edema, hypothermia, and other dangerous events. Even Sherpas are more in danger than they ever have been due to the many things they have to carry such as, bottled oxygen and medical supplies. Which can also add to the slovenly state of the camp sights,…

Have you ever wondered if climbing a 29,029 feet high mountain is a bad idea? Mount Everest is located between China and Nepal. Mount Everest grows 1 inch each year. Climbing Mount Everest is a bad idea because climbers health is at risk if they climb, the climbers are in a lot of danger before and after the climb, and the mountains environment is at risk. Climbing Mount Everest is a bad idea because the climbers health is at risk. The textbook Geography Alive! Regions and People is a…