Both Sir Edmund Hillary and organizations like Eco Everest Expedition are immensely troubled by the amount of debris left on the summit of Mount Everest by climbers. Edmund Hillary is one of few people to reach the summit of Mount Everest and carries a great interest in the environment and well being of this mountain. The text states, “He[Edmund Hillary] also demanded that mountain climbers clean up the garbage that often got left behind on Mount Everest-materials like used oxygen bottles, which…
“If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame,” Tenzing Norgay. Tenzing was the second man to reach the summit of Everest behind Edmund Hillary, Norgay was a sherpa that helped guide Edmund up the mountain so that Hilary could reach the summit. A sherpa is tibetan for “eastern people” and they live in the mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. The Himalayas is the tallest mountain range in the world ,and is also home to the tallest…
In the novel “Into Thin Air” the author Jon Krakauer determines the incomprehensive force of nature that takes life indiscriminately. The low levels of oxygen above 25,000 feet, sub-zero temperatures, harsh solar radiation, and powerful storms are all the examples of natural obstacles that Krakauer himself and his team had to overcome to complete the expedition. In the novel, “Beidleman, Groom, the two Sherpas, and the seven clients staggered blindly around in the storm, growing ever more…
In the letter, “ Anatoli Boukreev (Responds to Krakauer)”, by Anatoli Boukreev argues against Krakauer in the topic that Krakauer did everything wrong. He declares that he was doing everything ok and what Krakauer said was false testament because he wasn’t there to see what had happened he just knew small details. Krakauer wrote “Into Thin Air” was writing about Boukreev decisions he had done on Mount Everest on May 10,1996. Boukreev explains in his argumentative paper why he is writing he is…
Every year, Sherpas risk their own lives attempting to safely guide other mountaineers to the summit of Mount Everest, yet they receive no special award or recognition after accomplishing this amazing feat for many other mountaineers. A couple thousand dollars may seem like a reasonable fee to aid others up the mountain, but it is not worth the life-threatening conditions they must overcome. Sherpas are genetically adapted to the below-freezing temperature and they have a stronger resistance to…
Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 m (29029 ft.) The height of it was first published in 1856, when it was known as Peak XV. There are dangers that await that include high winds, bad weather, and altitude sickness for people who climb the mountain. There is an average of 5,000 people who try to climb it. Lack of oxygen is a serious problem while climbing it. If you climb an…
There are many risks in life that people are willing to take for their passion and entertainment of climbing mountains. But the deadliest risk that a person that loves climbing can take is climbing Mount Everest. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, measuring over 29,000 feet. There have been thousands of successful climbs, but there have also been some tragic deaths and injuries. This essay talks about why climbing Mount Everest is not a good idea for three simple reasons. One…
A Bone-Chilling Climb Into Thin Air, a national bestseller adventure book, is authored by Jon Krakauer. This raw, vivid book, was published in 1997. “Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain-climbing” (Wikipedia, 2017). Krakauer ascended Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, in 1996, but a storm took the lives of four of the five teammates who reached the summit with him. Into Thin…
The deaths documented in the book are not to be blamed on other people. Ultimately, self-preservation is a survival necessity and although some failed to see self-preservation as a top priority. Some of the climbers cared more about other people’s health more than their own, which in the end did not benefit them. Every climber is responsible for themselves, once they are okay then they can assist others, though it is not their job to look after each person. No one person is responsible for the…
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,…