Santa Rita Mountains

What's the difference between a walk and a hike? You always remember your first hike. The sights, the smells and the exhilaration of reaching the top of the butte, falls or reaching the end of a trail. No one could forget their first time, not in a million years. The same was true for me. The genuine thrill and excitement I had felt, the absolute feeling of nirvana deep in my bones I felt upon reaching the end of Eagle Creek Trail was something I could, and would never forget. Before my…

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 be white, it may not always be if more and more trash and waste continuously gets piled on the mountain there may not even be a mountain or we may be left with a small hill at that. So, how exactly are climbers having a…

tallest mountain which lay between in the Goma, a city in Rwanda, and Zaire. Novogratz and her Canadian friend (Charles) and their tour guide climbed Mount Nyiragongo. The mountain was one of central Africa’ tallest mountain, it shared border with Rwanda and Zaire. While they climbing and hardly surviving the grueling trails of the mount, only to realize that Novogratz had come to Africa similarly unprepared, without a road map, tools, sufficient gear, or protective layering. The mountain,…

Jaid is an interesting little guy. I feel like he is in the serious and shy type. He does not smile about everything, but he is always happy. Most of the time he is more in the serious side. He looks like analyzed everything and he does not take everything for granted. I observed his eyes and he got this deep look. He is like always thinking about his next step. For instance, this past Sunday he was particular extra happy, I asked him the reason that he is so happy. He started to talk to me like…

Pamir Plateau basins, foothills, and mountains. The highest area of topography' is formed by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at the average height of over 4,000 meters which also includes Mount Everest. Next to it there are large basins and plateaus, most of which are 1,000 - 2,000 meters high. Mountains divide each feature from one another (China like never before,n.d.). The next area is featured by broad plains which is dotted with the foothills and lower mountains, with altitudes of over 500…

“Come on, Amanda, it’ll be fun!” Jessie said. “I don’t know,” I said doubtfully. “We’ll be alone? In the middle of nowhere?” “Okay, I know it’s a cabin in the woods, but my family goes to the cabin almost every year, and nothing bad has ever happened to us. Come on! Don’t be a pansy. Charlotte and Jamie already said yes!” She pouts. “I know, but-” Jessie barrels on. “One week! One week in a cute cabin, with a view of Mt.Hood, The Three Sisters, Mount Jefferson! You know you want to,” She…

Climbing mountains could be thrilling and a whole lot of fun, but think about when people put themselves and others at risk. People should not rescue people when they put themselves at risk because it is too dangerous, it puts both sides at risk, and false preparation Climbers are putting themselves and the rescuer’s lives at risk, so it creates a bigger problem and more people could end up getting severely injured or it could even result to death. In source 3 “Ranger Killed During Rescue of…

Demographic Information For this assignment I watched Still Alice (Glatzer, 2015). This movies main character is Alice who is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. At the begging of the move she is celebrating her 50th birthday. She is married to John and has three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. After having some issues with her memory Alice decides to see a neurologist who tests her cognitive abilities and does scans of her brain. After the test are performed Alice is diagnosed…

Helen Dunmore’s “My Polish Teacher’s Tie” is a short story set in England, most probably after the war. Carla Carter is half Polish and she works as a part time catering staff but she isn’t very confident about her job and doesn’t really understand where she considers home. One day the head announced that the school was arranging a teacher exchange program to help Polish teacher’s improve their English and Carla was interested in writing to a Polish teacher, therefore, she went to get an address…

rred during the radical period of the French Revolution as a response to the conflict between the Girondins and The Mountains. During this time, the Committee of Public Safety executed thousands of internal “enemies of the revolution” (“Report in the Name,” 47). Although many argue otherwise, The Terror was not a perversion of the original ideals of the revolution because the ideals of the revolution were to gain more equality for the people of France, and the punishments that occurred were…