Makalu

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 really have to focus and have patients to climb mount everest. In the textbook it clearly says “you need to focus hard so nothing wrong will happen while climbing.”(p.421)Such as taking the wrong steps and right technique to get yourself aware…

to descend immediately scott with no second thought took him down to safety. That is just one selfless act scot had done, although scott was selfless he was also selfish in a way because when he was stuck just above the south summit very close beside him was makalu gau and makuku was smart as to keep moving to increase blood flow and warmth scott did not do this . Scott kept very still and did not move very much which caused him to freeze to death. Scott also was determined to get to the…

wildlife and plant, including snow leopard, yak, Himalayan black bear, tahr, red panda, and yarsa gumba. People can spend their holidays few days in the mountain fresh air. Transport to Trekking Region Transport to trekking region connects with a bus and flight. Kathmandu was connected by road since 1950. Pokhara was connected by road since 1971. Flight connects from Kathmandu to Lukla (2860 m), Phaplu (2364 m) and Syangboche (3720 m) for Everest treks. Flight connects from Kathmandu to…

The following elderly explorers are wonderful examples of how determination and passion for life can keep you vibrant and highly active in your golden years: Ray Woodcock A 73-year-old senior thrill seeker, Woodcock scaled Mount Etna and two other active volcanoes in Sicily and even climbed inside one of the craters to get an epic picture. When he was 70 years old, he leaped 30,000 feet from a plane. Woodcock funds his many trips by driving his taxi a couple of days a week so that every bit of…

3000 meters to 8848 meters above the sea level. The length is 885 km and wide is 24-50 km that is covered 25% area of Nepal. All round the year snow, the frozen area is 6% only. The Grater Himalaya, Trans-Himalaya and Inner Himalaya are sub-division. There are 1310 mountain peaks including the top of the world 'Mount Everest'. The Kanchenjunga, Everest, Annapurna, Dolpo and Api Nampa areas are extremely popular for trekking and expedition. Trans-Himalaya encompasses the arid valleys of Manang,…

sessions between 5:30AM and 7:30 AM. Downhill you’ll find the active Samten Choling Gompa which has the largest Buddha statue in West Bengal, a memorial chorten dedicated German mystic Lama Govinda and a small cafe. Halfway between Ghum and Darjeeling you’ll find the huge Druk Sangag Choling Gompa also known as Dali Gompa, inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 1993. It is known for its vibrant frescoes and is home to 300 Himalayan monks who study philosophy, literature, astronomy, meditation,…

Ethical Decisions Essay Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and is a dream for many climbers everywhere in the world. However sometimes these dreams end up in catastrophe, much like what happened in 1996 to three teams on the mountain. Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants team, Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness, and the Taiwanese team led by Makalu Gau. There were 33 climbers split across those three teams attempting to summit on May 10th, 1996, of those, 19 climbers would be stuck…

forested watersheds. Pahad is a mountain region which doesn't generally contain snow.It is situated south of the Himal, the Pahad is mostly betw altitude. This region begins at the Mahabharat Range (Lesser Himalaya) where a fault system called the Main Boundary Thrust creates an escarpment 1,000 to 1,500 metres (3,000 to 5,000 ft) high, to a crest between 1,500 and 2,700 metres (5,000 and 9,000 ft). These steep southern slopes are nearly uninhabited. The Himalayas (above 3,000 m) comprises…

reported towards the higher elevation exceeding 5500m in mid-latitude (Heptner and Sludskii, 1992; Jackson et al., 2008). Its historical distribution stretches out patchy and fragmented habitats in heaps of twelve nations across Central Asia (China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan,India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia) (McCarthy and Chapron 2003). The total world population is estimated at 3,920 -6,390 individuals in a total potential habitat of…