Mount St. Helens

Erin Tevnan The Beatitudes G Morality The Beatitudes were giving by Jesus on how to live life happily. The one Beatitude I find most appealing is “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Being meek is being patient, not easily angered and not thinking of yourself too highly. They would make sure people knew what they were doing for God. God is looking for us to do these things without putting on a show for others but doing it just for God, not for approval or…

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,…

The purpose of this essay is to inform people on why I believe that Jon Krakauer's opinion on Boukreev is false. The reasons below tells you why I believe that the accusations are false. My first reason is that he risked his life to save his fellow climbers. Once he reached camp IV he gathered some oxygen and water he set out to find strangling climbers. He was slowed by the storm, and still managed to end up saving two of the three climbers that were almost frozen to death or already dead. My…

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…

Hokusai’s woodcut began as the optimus prime of his thirty-six piece series of woodcuts: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. His piece began as a simple drawing that was attached to a slate of cherry wood which was then carved away until the initial drawing was left in the block. This was done several times, once for each color and then for the line work. The woodblocks where inked, pressed against the printing paper individually, and then the back of the paper was rubbed with a tool called a baren…

In 1985 two young British mountain climbers decided to attack the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. The two young men, Joe Simpson aged 25 and Simon Yates aged 21, decided to climb one of the biggest mountain they had ever see and been on. Simon and Joe didn’t know what was ahead of them. It would be one of the biggest trips of their life and they could die if not extremely careful. Their preparation both physical and mental would be the key to survival. Along the way on the…

alot of Pros and Cons to climbing Mount Everest. 2 pros are you prombley will become famous or you be very happy to reach a goal. 2 cons are you have a higher chance to die and the weather is really bad. First , 1 pros is you might become famous. The author states "It’s been over 60 years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest." Another pro is that you have this goal set to climb Mount Everest and you would get to cross…

Nicknamed, the “Roof of the World,” Tibet harbors the tallest mountain range in the world. Tibet is the northernmost of the South Asian countries, sharing the towering peaks of the Himalayas with it’s neighboring country Nepal to the south. This region of China which sits on the Tibetan Plateau is notably autonomous, meaning there is a lack of government involvement within the land. Since this region is so isolated, traditionally, Tibet only practiced importing and exporting with China and India…

Vesuvius may be considered one of the most deadly volcanoes in the world. In the eruption of AD 79 it killed 2,000 people. The mountain, is perhaps, one of the most fascinating mountains with rich mythology, and origin. It is the most diverse mountain in Europe. To start off, Vesuvius is the most active volcano in Europe, being the only one to erupt in 100 years. Which makes it strange that more people are living around it, than any other volcano region anywhere in the world, two million to be…

The Mount Tambora volcanic eruption commenced on April 10 1815, on Sumbawa one of the many Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Mount Tambora is one of the many volcanoes in the ring of fire and the only volcano in recorded history to reach a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7. On the day of the eruption the explosion was heard from approximately 2000 kilometres away among the Sumatran islands. Mount Tambora is described as a Stratovolcano a large volcan layered within with ash and magma form…