Mount Holyoke

Managing to ignore the voices in my head that tell me I’m not capable, the determination inside of me grows; I wanted to prove myself wrong. While droplets of sweat brim over the tip of my nose, aching muscles bicker in rebellion with each step. I came to a stop as my neck stretched back to examine the enormous mountain that towered over me. As the sun set behind it, an ominous silhouette stared back and cast a shadow over a trail leading into darkness. My friend’s eyes widened in wonder as I…

Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first people to climb Mount Everest. The youngest person ever to climb Everest was a 13 year old American boy. A Japanese woman was 73 when she climbed Everest for the second time, and she was the oldest person to do this. There have been over 230 deaths on Everest. People should not rescue mountain climbers who put themselves at risk. First of all, rescuers can also die or get seriously injured (not just the climber) if they are trying to…

last time before you make that perilous starting jump to descend Everest on skis. Davo Karnicar was only 38 when he first made this perilous descend back down Everest with skis on. Davo Karnicar took a 4 day journey to summit the 29,035 feet of mount Everest. When he finally got to the top he took out his camera, attached it to his helmet, got his skies on and jumped off of the summit…

Mt.Everest is the tallest mountain on earth. It is 29,000 feet tall and 5 and ½ miles long. Mt.Everest was formed 60 million years ago. There are 10,000 people who tried to attempt to climb Mt.Everest and left behind garbage. There is so much garbage about 10 tons still littering the slopes. There are lots of different kinds of garbage on the mountain. Corpses of climbers who never made it down lie hidden in the snow. There is tents too, the reason why is because people died and the tents…

The Ring of Alagaard “It was a cold and rainy night in the Rockies. . . . Oh, wait! It’s always cold in the Rockies,” grumbled explorer Tyler Spinner. “Come on, don’t be so pessimistic,” replied his sister and co-worker, Alicia Spinner, “besides, we’re almost to the bottom.” They were hiking down Mt. Robson, part of the Canadian Rockies. They were up there because a geologist had discovered what was thought to be a rare stone, but it turned out to be a plain, old luminescent amethyst. “That…

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is also the highest garbage dump in the world. The mountain is littered with trash from top to bottom. This has become a hazard to climbers and natives. Mount Everest may look clean but it is not. It is piled with trash totaling up to 10 tons of garbage on Everest. 2.5 tons of the garbage is classified as bio-hazardous waste. There are pieces of tents,sleeping bags,oxygen cylinders,food wrappers,water bottles,and corpse from climbers…

Volcanoes There are many volcanoes in the world, in all shapes and sizes. Some volcanoes are created by other volcanic eruptions such as the Cinder Cone volcano. I am going to inform you about the Cinder Cone volcano, Shield volcano and the Composite volcano. Cinder Cone volcanoes are the smallest volcano in the world and are named after their shape. Cinder cone Volcanoes, also known as the Scoria Cone, is the most simplest volcano. They are less than 300 meters high, making them the…

(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 climbed a various amount of…

Western Cordillera After nearly 720 km of walking, I’ve arrived at one of the highest points in the Western Cordillera. My legs and back are sore from climbing the steep and twisting mountains, while my entire body is frozen from the ice and snow. But the sight I see now is definitely worth it. Everywhere, all of it, is beautiful. The mountains I see are the very jewels of nature, hardly affected by the booming forces of erosion. These are colossal proofs of the Western’s Cordillera’s status as…

virus. The only known source of the virus is Kitum Cave, on Mount Elgon in Africa, deep in the tall rain forest. The first known case is of Charles Monnet, a researcher living in Africa, he spreads it by getting on a plane and going to a hospital. There he infects a doctor named Dr. Musoke, who then gets a surgery and it fails to treat the deadly disease. 10 days later he miraculously recovers. Later on, a group of researchers go to Mount Elgon, to search Kitum Cave for any sign of the virus,…