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    Mount Saint Helens On the day of May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., one of the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption took place. This eruption was from Mount Saint Helens located almost one hundred miles south of Seattle, Washington. The famous eruption killed fifty-seven people, destroyed two hundred fifty homes, forty-seven bridges, fifteen miles of railways and one hundred eighty-five miles of highway. Mount Saint Helens had been dormant for the past one hundred twenty-three…

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    meet at a relatively small crater. Mount Vesuvius is one of many volcanoes in the Campanian volcanic arc, a series of volcanoes formed over a subduction zone…

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    My paper will talk about Mt. Everest staying open or should they close it. I believe that they should shut it down for a little while. I believe they should shut it down for a little while because there has been like 16 people died there. Since 16 out of 25 people died there they should close it down until they make it safer. That’s some reasons they should close it down for a little while. The mountain is the biggest in the world and people want to climb it. People have the right to climb it…

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    In early May 1996, two teams of commercial 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…

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    Keep Everest open In my opinion I think that we should keep everest open for the following reason. My first reason is that if you were to ask anyone who has done any accomplishment in his/her life you will hear them say that they have a sense of achievement that they felt like they could almost do anything and that when you climb that mountain even if you just go up a few hundred feet you feel like you just beat the odds that you had against yourself and that you rose from your personal “jail”…

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    a riveting story about his life or death experience from the perspective of a reporter which provides an amazing point of view about summiting the most vigorous mountain known to man. When Jon Krakauer was tasked with writing an article about Mount Everest from base camp he said that he wanted to experience Everest from the summit. Outside Magazine was surprised but paid…

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    We started preparing to leave for Everest on June, 2015, even though we were delayed for preparing and for the season. After several checks, however, we found a perfect weather window for summer, with few monsoons from India. So we scheduled the real ascent the first week of July, and two weeks after we sold most of what we had, and put in boxes all the gear we already had. Summiting Everest depends on a number of factors, and any experienced climber knows this. Because Everest is the tallest…

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    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 Fischer, he suggested to him that he should head to camp IV to retrieve supplies necessary for the ascent to Mount Everest in…

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    The Mount Pinatubo Eruption in 1991 is largely regarded as the second largest volcanic eruption during the 20th century. Before erupting in 1991, the volcano had been dormant for around 400 years. During the years of 1990 and 1991, there were many events that led to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 100 kilometres north east of the mountain on July 16, 1990. This event is contributed to the reawakening of the dormant volcano which triggered many small…

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    Pumice, the Story of Pompeii Pompeii is a city arrested by time; it is beautifully situated on the Italian seaside with the Somma-Vesuvio complex dominating the skyline. Its ancient narrative is told in ash, pumice, and petrified masks of humanity. Mount Vesuvius is well known for its violent past as attested by the hundreds of victims encapsulated for generations. The Roman city of Pompeii lies seven miles southeast of Mt. Vesuvius and in the year 79AD a monumental eruption occurred that…

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