Mount Everest

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…

After my teacher asked me the question, “Is climbing Mount Everest or any other mountain worth it?” I knew what my answer was before the period was over. I don’t believe climbing Mount Everest, or any other mountain for that matter, is worth it and this is why. The view or the “feeling” you get at the top is not worth the cold, discomfort, pain, and possible demise that I will most likely suffer in attempts to get to the top. In my personal experience, I have an initial intolerance for cold.…

climbing Mount Everest. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, measuring over 29,000 feet. There have been thousands of successful climbs, but there have also been some tragic deaths and injuries. This essay talks about why climbing Mount Everest is not a good idea for three simple reasons. One because climbers can get hurt or sick, the second reason is because it affects the mountain, and third is because it affects the local population. The first reason why climbing Mount…

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…

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…

Closing Mount Everest: Would you do it? Many people have argued about this topic for years. The debates are strong; with one side wanting to shut it down for people’s safety, while others want it to remain open to the public, for entertainment purposes. This argument leads to the question; Is participating in extreme sports such as mountaineering worth risking one’s life? The answer is yes. In the first place, many people want a sense of adventure in their lives, and sometimes can only get it…

The teams on mount Everest in 1996 where put through many challenges, the risks that were put in front of them and why they have the thrill and want to climb that God of a mountain. Many teams, leaders, and sherpas went up that magnificent mountain but many did not come back down. 17 teams went up and 17 came done but without some leaders and climbers. 15 climbers did not come down on May 10. These teams varied from veterans hikes on the mountain to amichurs hikers, each team consisted of…

During the Mt. Everest team simulation, we learned quite a bit about what it means to be on a team. When climbing Mt. Everest in both a simulation and in real life you really depend on your team to do what is necessary to reach a goal. This could be a simple personal goal (such as the photographer to stay at camp 1 and 2 an extra night) or a larger goal that is shared by multiple people on the team (the leader and marathoner’s goal of reaching the summit). Our team had achievements and failures,…

on the mountain. Main reasons people die on Mount Everest are avalanches, injury’s because of falling or ice collapsing. Other reasons are exposure, disappeared, altitude sickness, heart attack, exhaustion, and cerebral oedema. The place where most people die on the mountain is at the Death Zone. The Death Zone is 8,000 meters up ( 26,000 feet) and the mountain is only 8,500 meters tall ( 27,000). The number of people that have climbed Mount Everest is 6,958 as of 2015 and at least 275 people…

On May 10,1996 there were more climbers on the South side of Mount Everest than ever before. That same day a terrible blizzard hit Mount Everest. There were still climbers trying to summit. But, unfortunately 8 climbers got lost and died in the blizzard on Mount Everest. A few climbers summited, but not all made it back. The teams that were on Mount Everest the day of the blizzard were a Taiwanese team of 13. A South African team of 21. A nine-man assemble team of British. An American team…