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Hidden away in the peaks of the Andes Mountains is a place like no other. Machu Picchu was once a thriving city before its time came up. But because of the American explorer, Hiram Bingham, looking for this place we might not have found it. In 1911 Hiram Bingham was looking for a place called Vilcabamba but instead found Machu Picchu. When he found Machu Picchu he thought it was the only Vilcabamba but, days later he found the real Vilcabamba and named the other mountain Machu Picchu. This place…

Mount Rushmore is located in Keystone, South Dakota in the Black Hills. Its address is 13000 SD-244, Keystone, SD, 57751. Its area is 1278.45 square acres, and the monument is 5,725 feet tall. The terrain is mountainous and surrounded by prairie. Mount Rushmore was the brainchild of Doane Robinson, a local historian, who came up with the idea in 1923 in order to promote tourism to South Dakota. The task of creating the monument was given to Gutzon Borglum, a famous Danish-American sculptor.…

Climbing Mt. Everest isn't easy . Many people have tried and have failed. Reaching a goal for some people becomes a lifelong journey. People are also leaving things that they don't want to carry down, on the mountain, so that it's looking like a big garbage pile. Climbing Mt. Everest would give a person a feeling of accomplishment and knowing that they did something not many other people in the world get to do or would be able to do. You have to be in shape physically and be as prepared as…

After many years of death, failure, and frustration, the majestic mountain had finally lost its reign of power. Many years ago, in 1953, two astonishing heroes summited the undefeated lifetaker, Mt. Everest. These two heroes are known as Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. In the excerpt “On Top of the World” Mary Ann Fraser depicts the two’s great journeys and the obstacles that stood in their way. However, much has changed since the early pioneers had ventured into the unknown snow-kissed land.…

Young Heracles When the young Heracles was born, he was named Hunter Hercules Hoffman. He was born in New York City in 2001 and is now 15. He is in football, basketball, baseball, is in track, plays hockey, and also lacrosse At the end of the month Hunter is going to go to Greece. He gets to go to see Mt. Olympus, and something he doesn't expect. By this time he is in Greece he just stopped at what is supposed to be the start of Mt. Olympus. Then something drops in his hands. It was a knot…

Katelyne: Unit 1 Performance Task For many years and more to come, climbing Mount Everest has been such a great achievement for many climbers. Though, they may not always make it to the top, they are just happy that they got to witness the wonderful views and icy scenery. But, do they really? Are the views of the mountain breathtaking or garbage filled? To some climbers the scenery doesn’t matter, it just getting to the top that counts, but what about the mountain itself? As snow should always…

where I can get extremely dangerous? Mount Everest is located on the border between Tibet and Nepal in Asia's Himalayan Mountains it is one of the most dangerous mountains to climb because of the high elevation. The height of Mount Everest is about 29,029 ft tall which can be dangerous for the climber. The climate where Mount Everest is located is extremely cold it is about -30 Degrees. There is a book called Peak and it is about a boy who went with his father to Mount everence and had the…

In chapter three, they did not sing or tell stories that day, even though the weather improved; nor the next day, nor the day after. One morning they forded the river at a wide shallow place full of noise of stones and foam. The far bank was steep and slippery. When they got to the top of it they saw that the great mountains had marched down near to them. Already they seemed only a day’s easy journey from from the feet of the nearest. “Is that the mountain?” asked Bilbo in a solemn voice,…

the cruising altitude of an Airbus 300 jetliner struck me, at that moment, as preposterous, or worse,” (Kraukauer, 32, 1997). In the story, Into Thin Air, the narrator, Jon Krakauer, discussed his and his team’s plight and account as they ascended Mount Everest, which is the tallest mountain on Earth. From his perspective, he blamed Anatoli Boukreev for all the negativity and deaths that happened on their trip (Kraukauer, 1997). Since Boukreev descended the mountain early and refrained from…

Thousands of people visit Nepal’s southern Everest Base Camp, at 5,380 meters above the sea, each year. Trekkers’ go past staying for a night, while mountaineers stay for several days or weeks before climbing Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world standing at 8,848 meters above sea level. Everest Base Camp is a temporary settlement, sometimes called ‘the tent city’. A lot of rubbish is left behind and it has been a worry over the last 20 years. The mountain is located on the border…