Mount Everest: The Demise Of Junko Tabei

Edmund Percival Hillary, later Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), was a renowned New Zealand explorer, mountain climber, and philanthropist. He is noted for being a member of Eric Shipton's (1907-1977) British Reconnaissance Expedition to Mount Everest (1951), for summiting Everest (1953), and for having climbed Mount Herschel (1967). For his contributions to exploration an d his achievements, Hillary was knighted in 1953, received the Order of New Zealand (1987), and later made Knight Companion of The Most Noble Order of the Garter (1995). Throughout his life Hillary was involved in advancing education and promoting development in Nepal through the building of schools, hospitals, and amenities. In 1960 he founded the Himalayan Trust to aid Sherpas and was later made an honorary citizen of Nepal (2003) for his efforts. Throughout his career, Hillary wrote extensively about his life and expeditions.

When you reach Mount Everest, there are eye mounds bigger than your house and to get to the top of them you have to climb up skinny ladders while you have shard shoes on and it's about a 130 to 90 feet drop. from http://www.neatorama.com/whois/miss-cellania/ People shouldn’t climb Mount Everest because some of them are untrained and people go up to the Mount Everest and it's a lot harder than they think and they could die. People will go to Mount Everest and complete the first section and then they will go to the second and complete it then the third section and it gets a lot harder, and the death zone and to the summit where it's difficult.

These tragedies aside, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the one who made their first official ascent of Everest in 1953.

It has got different names in different places: For Nepalese, it is Sagarmatha.For Tibetian, it is Chomolungma.

Some 30 climbers have suffered frostbite or become seriously ill on Everest in recent days, as the spring climbing season comes to a close. Two other Indian climbers who had been with Mr. Paul have also been reported missing in the so-called "death zone" near the summit. However the mountain's most successful female climber reached the summit for the seventh time on Friday.

To begin with, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest but experienced many negative impacts on the way up. It states, “ … difficult challenges on the way to the summit, such as narrow ridges and 10,000 foot drops off the mountain,” ( Source #1, Paragraph 4). This shows climbers have a risk of climbing Everest with all of the dangerous encounters they may face. With

Both Sir Edmund and organizations like Eco Everest Expedition share similar concerns about Mount Everest because they both want to stop climbers from leaving their food containers,tents,oxygen bottles,human waste and other necessary supplies for the climb. According to Source #1, “Hillary was also deeply concerned about the environment... He also demanded that mountain climbers clean up the garbage that often got left behind on Mount Everest--materials like used oxygen bottles, which climbers would discard because of their weight” (Source #1). Another quote to support my statement is, “Launched in 2008, Eco Everest annually collects piles of of debris covering the mountain...Himalayan Experience, for example, requires all climbers to remove their own human waste and other debris from Everest.” (Source #2). The first quote proves my statement because it shows that Sir Edmund Hillary was concerned with how the environment was changing on Mount Everest and how he insisted that climbers should clean up their debris and waste.

On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hillary was very humble and did not consider this feat his most important achievement. Sir Edmund Hillary was deeply concerned about the environment and cared for the future of Mount Everest. For example, “Hillary was also deeply concerned about the environment. He helped establish reforestation programs in Nepal. He also demanded that mountain climbers clean up the garbage that often got left behind on Mount Everest-materials like used oxygen bottles, which climbers would discard because of their weight” (“Source #1: The World’s Highest Mountain”/paragraph 7). This proves that climbers are leaving a negative impact on Mount Everest. The reader can infer that Sir Edmund Hillary would not

Climbing to the summit of Mount Everest is considered an amazing accomplishment in today’s world. But when people climb up and down the mountain, they leave behind piles of trash and human waste. People like Sir Edmund Hillary and several organizations like Eco Everest are concerned about the negative impacts climbers have on the mountain.

The Mount Everest is the world’s highest hill, the weather there is very extreme, many people died there. But still, there are indeed people who are able to take on the challenge, put themselves to their very extent and get on the top of it

Mt. Everest, standing 8,850 meters above sea level is taller than any other mountain in the world. Since 1922, hundreds of climbers have attempted to climb this treacherous mountain located in the Himalayan Ridge, whose summit ridge separates Nepal and Tibet. By 1996, the number of successful ascents totaled 846, with more than half occurring between 1992 – 1996. Sadly, this achievement did not come without loss of life, as 148 have perished while trying to complete this achievement.

Many have dreamed of ascending it, but few have reached the top. Located in the Maha longer mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. The British first surveyed Mount Everest in 1856; however, the first successful ascent wasn 't until 1953 by New Zeeland 's Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal 's Tenzing Norgay. Originally known as Peak 15, it was name Everest in 1865 after good surveyor Sir George. Everest is also known as Como LAN GMA means goddess mother of snow in Tibet and Sagarmatha meaning mother of the universe in Nepal.

Tom Whittaker summited Everest with an amputated leg. He attempted to climb it three times and he never gave up when he was unsuccessful. He didn’t give into fear or anyone telling him he couldn’t do it. On Thanksgiving in 1979, a car crash shattered both of his legs. His right foot and lower leg had to be amputated. He tried three times to summit Everest. On his third attempt he summited Everest in May, 1998. He says that climbing Everest is more of a challenge and more important to him since he is disabled. Tom Whittaker’s current quest is to climb the highest peaks on each continent- the Seven Summits. Tom will never refer to himself as “Walking impaired” because he believes he can be just like everyone

Edmund Hillary’s life is probably an envy among adventurers. He was best known as the first person to ever summit Mount Everest alongside Tenzing Norgay. However, his exploits did not stop there. He led several other adventures before and after his famous one in 1953.

Mountain climbing is already a dangerous sport itself but making it a competition took it to a whole different level of danger. Everywhere you looked, there was competition; sherpas were competing against one another to be hired by the guiding services, guide services were competing for the publicity and exposure from the media, even Krakauer was being fought for by two guides to be in their group because of the exposure Krakauer’s going to bring after he publicizes his article about his expedition. Nepal were mindless when allowing who could and who could not climb. They would let just about anyone go for the right amount of money and the guides, who were more experienced, should have known better to let such inexperienced climbers go. Everest stands at