Mount Tambora

Jami Norton January 5th, 2014 Longley Archaeological Project Mount Vesuvius: Pompeii On August 24, in the year 79 A.D., the Vesuvius volcano erupted suddenly in southern Italy. Rock and ash covered the urbanized city of 25,000: Pompeii. The Roman colony was just recovering from a bad earthquake in 62 A.D. Mount Vesuvius had erupted more than 50 times before. 25 hours of pumice, rock, and ash being pumped out of the volcano and onto the vulnerable, unknowing town of Pompeii. About…

Mount Vesuvius consists of a large cone that is partially encircled by a larger, deeper cone, which is the remains of an ancient somma volcano that has erupted and collapsed over time. Mount Vesuvius is located on Italy’s west coast and overlooks the Bay and city of Naples. Vesuvius stands about 4000 ft above sea level, and is part of the Companian…

Preventable Deaths “Into thin air” by Jon Krakauer is a personal account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. One out of every four climbers, dies on the mountain, according to Jon Krakauer's book. Fifteen climbers died in the 1996 climbing season alone. With odds such as these, who should decide who is allowed to climb the mountain, and who is not? Should an individual decide they can do it, all on their own? I think it should be a chain of decisions, between several people, and groups of people.…

He reads the note while he grabs his uneaten turkey off his plate and feeds it to Grace. At the sight of food Grace sits up. MORRIS I can’t believe you taught Grace new tricks. Sandy looks at Morris. SANDY I wanted to surprise you when you came home from flying for the first time, but your surprise was much bigger. Morris smiles. He grabs a large chunk of turkey off his plate and feeds it to Grace. INT. HALLWAY - DAY Later. Morris walks down the hallway towards the front door. He holds…

Close your eyes and imagine. Imagine a small boy wearing a small blue winter coat, standing, at the top of a peak reaching 14,114 ft into the sky. Now imagine that small boy peer over the edge of a cliff who knows how high. Imagine this boy seeing this and being afraid, being afraid he’d fall. Imagine that this fear prompted that little kid to lay down and stare over the edge of that cliff until the fears overtook him too much and he ran away from the deadly edge. Fears can come from anywhere,…

Based off of Folio discussion #1, my Naked Edge is still the same. According to the article, “The Highest Goal: The Secret that Sustains You in Every Moment”, the literal definition of the Naked Edge is the fourth pitch of a rock climb in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado. The fourth pitch of the rock climb is considered to be the hardest part to climb. This means that the fourth pitch is full of challenges and difficulties that you may encounter while climbing the fourth pitch. The metaphorical meaning…

Mountaineers are small black dots on the peaks of mountains to onlookers. A mountaineer is an athlete who summits the peaks of mountains for sport. Through the lens of Lesile Stephen, British mountaineer turned author of the book “The Playground of Europe”, this essay defines the characteristics of those who start at 3:00 A.M. to summit peaks of mountains before noon, braving wind, ice, glaciers, and the lights the Alps have to offer. Stephen compares mountain climbing as a sport to formal…

Think of yourself as an expeditioner who is about to lead a set of new recruits up a treacherous mountain. Maybe you are climbing Mount Everest with these new recruits, the first thing a manager would do is tell them what they need to do while staying at base camp. This of course is a manager’s approach to climbing a mountain, but a leaders approach would be to verify that his team…

Why? Because it was formed by debris of volcanic origin which of course is also called a Lahar dam. This is the case with the Chakatchna River which was impounded by volcanic debris. The case study for this report is the Mount Spurr volcano which erupted in 1953 and 1992 resulting in the formation of Lahars that impounded the Chakatchna River (Juhle and Coulter, 1955; Meyer and Trabant,…

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…