Mount Tambora

Fear and regret can affect an individual’s mind to such an extent where they can make life-altering choices. In the non-fictional novel, Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer faces difficulty assisting not only himself but others through his journey on Mount Everest. He experiences many different stages of regret and fear on his expedition; first being, the lack of oxygen. This lead to Jon’s fear of his possible fate and the remorse of his actions due to deficiency of trust in his peers and the lost the…

Isolated from civilization, hundreds of kilometers away from the closest city, surrounded by land and more land, is the location of Mountain Apolaia. Covered mostly, in freezing ice for most of the year, and the target of a weather capable of frightening even the bravest of men, skiers know it as the mountain with the toughest slopes on the planet. The slopes are divided in two sections, the slopes of submission and pride slopes. Although both extremely difficult, most men, with the least sense…

Specific purpose: To inform the audience on what happened to Pompeii. Central Idea: Mount Vesuvius is a dangerous active volcano that has the potential to cause the equivalent damage or worse even today. Introduction I. “I looked round: a dense black cloud was coming up behind us, spreading over the earth like a flood. Many besought the aid of the goods, but still more imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness for evermore.” A. These were the words…

A VOLCANO TRAGEDY January 15 , 2004 was the tragic day that a volcano had erupted. It all happened so fast like in a blink of an eye everything was so dark and magma was gushing out like a gusher candy. We realized that we where in the ring of fire , after the tragedy had passed. Before all that happened me and my family decided to head for safety in a gym where thousands of people were panicking trying to find out…

For the simulation, our group climbed Mount Everest. My role was the expedition leader. As the leader, I was the most experienced climber reaching the summit five separate times. My role was to guide all team members to the summit without needing rescue assistance. Unfortunately, I fell short of this goal with only three of the five team members reaching the summit. The environmentalist and the marathoner had to be rescued at summit. Based on initial research and assessment of the team I…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer lived a life that was fully dedicated to God. He was born into a religious family and decided at an early age that he was going to share the gospel with everyone he possibly could by becoming a pastor. Bonhoeffer went to seminary for a few years and then ran the Confessing Church- which pledged it’s allegiance to Jesus Christ first, not the government. The church was unfortunately shut down by the Nazi government. Later in his life Bonhoeffer was arrested and hanged for his…

This week, Mount Everest claimed the life of 3 climbers and 1 Sherpa, still two other climbers are missing — is the risk of death really worth the adventure? Article: Why would someone risk their life to climb a mountain when the odds of surviving may not be in their favor? For survivors, Everest is the ultimate high, but with triumph also come tragedies. And no one understands that more than the families of those who recently died trying to reach that ultimate high. Three dead – two missing In…

There are many challenges and obstacles that we face, both mentally and physically in life. After reading, “Into Thin Air,” written by Jon Krakauer, he shares his, along with others experiences of climbing Mount Everest. During this journey, climbers had to mentally and physically prepare themselves for any obstacles that headed their way. Krakauer, in particular, had prior climbing experience, but wasn’t as experience in higher altitudes such as Everest. Unfortunately, some climbers didn’t make…

Mauna Loa Volcano What volcano is referred to as the largest of the world? What is one of the most active volcanoes in the world? Thats right the Mauna Loa. The Mauna Loa rises 13,680 feet above sea level and in meters it is 4169.664 above sea level. The location of the Mauna Loa is on The Big Island, in Hawaii. It’s geographical coordinates are 19.4721 degrees north and 155.592 degrees west. The Mauna Loa volcanic activity started 700,000 to 1,000,000 years ago, around when it first…

Efficient Icelandic director, Baltasar Kormakur, returns to the cinematic recreations of dramatic real-life events after the accomplished “The Deep”, dated from two years ago. Right after the latter, he made an incursion into the action-crime fictional genre with the uninvolving “Two Guns”, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. “Everest”, an account of the tragedy occurred in the famous Nepalese mountain in the spring of 1996, also presents a strong cast, including Jason Clarke, Jake…