The Dangers Of Mount Everest

Author’s Goal: Jon Krakauer’s goal is to provide an accurate account of the Mt. Everest disaster, and describe the other events and effects the climb had leading up to it. I think he reached his goal because he was able to connect with the reader in many different ways, and he got his message across well. He provides vivid descriptions, details, and facts, all while establishing that he is credible. The author did convince me of his point of view. Now, I understand that climbing Everest is very difficult, and there are numerous challenges people must face and overcome during an expedition.

The article states “The youngest is an American boy who made the climb when he was 13 years old; the oldest is a Japanese woman who was 73 years old when she made her second successful climb.” That explains how people all over the earth, big and small can climb mount everest and also can have a success time. Another example from the article is “ In 1953, the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the 29,035-foot peak of Mount Everest. Since that time, nearly 4,000 other people have successfully scaled the world’s highest mountain.” This quote is perfect example why people want to climb mount everest and why it's possible. The quote say

Have you ever wanted to prove to everyone that you are a hard worker that is willing to give up everything to go on an adventure? If this is you than Everest is the perfect place for you. In the story, “ Into Thin Air,” by Jon Krakauer a true story is told of a dangerous voyage up and down Everest. The climb up was arduous and long according to Jon, but the climbers sacrificed everything to get to the top, which most of the climbers achieved. However, emotions shifted when a storm swooped in and killed many of the climbers that were stuck on the summit, around 12-19 in total.

In order to continue climbing Everest, many aspects of climbing need to be improved before more people endanger their lives to try and reach the roof of the world. The guides have some areas that need the most reform. During the ascension of Everest the guides made a plethora mistakes that seemed insignificant but only aided in disaster. The guides first mistake is allowing “any bloody idiot [with enough determination] up” Everest (Krakauer 153). By allowing “any bloody idiot” with no climbing experience to try and climb the most challenging mountain in the world, the guides are almost inviting trouble. Having inexperienced climbers decreases the trust a climbing team has in one another, causing an individual approach to climbing the mountain and more reliance on the guides. While this approach appears fine, this fault is seen in addition to another in Scott Fischer’s expedition Mountain Madness. Due to the carefree manner in which the expedition was run, “clients [moved] up and down the mountain independently during the acclimation period, [Fischer] had to make a number of hurried, unplanned excursions between Base Camp and the upper camps when several clients experienced problems and needed to be escorted down,” (154). Two problems present in the Mountain Madness expedition were seen before the summit push: the allowance of inexperienced climbers and an unplanned climbing regime. A third problem that aided disaster was the difference in opinion in regards to the responsibilities of a guide on Everest. One guide “went down alone many hours ahead of the clients” and went “without supplemental oxygen” (318). These three major issues: allowing anyone up the mountain, not having a plan to climb Everest and differences in opinion. All contributed to the disaster on Everest in

In the year 1953, late May, two climbers finally reached the summit of their expeditions. Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay gazed down from the tallest summit on earth at the valleys surrounding them and sighed a breath of relief, as they were the first people to ever ascend the beast known as Everest. 46 years later Jon Krakauer’s book “Into Thin Air” tells of the harrowing and demanding road to the peak of Everest. I bet you are probably thinking what would prompt these smart men and women to put themselves into such a hard and narrowly survivable situation. In this paper we will go over a couple of the reasons that causes people to climb Everest. First personal achievement, Secondly glory and fame, and Third Adrenaline rush or The pull

Two noticeably famous people who have climbed the ruthless mountain Everest, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmand Hillary, are possibly the best 2 climbers that have been around, and If I had to choose between the two, I would pick Norgay. When deciding between the two I had to think about several things, and one of them is the advantages of having both people with myself. Nonetheless, I concluded that they were both bold and that they were willing to do anything to go 29,000 feet. They were both someone who knew about the land, and knew what to do, and not what to do. “At that great moment for which I had waited all my life, my mountain did not seem to me a lifeless thing of rock and ice, but warm and friendly and loving.” (Norgay Page 42) Even

The deaths of sixteen people from twenty-five on Mount Everest have reignited debate as to whether climbing the 8,848 meter-high mountain should be banned.(Source 2) (Hook) Day by day many people try to climb Mt. Everest and consistently people are not successful at doing that. I believe mountaineering should be banned due to plenty of people are dying. According to Source 2 “, The falling ice hit twenty-five men, killing sixteen of them” meaning that even standing near Everest can kill people because of the falling ice. Mountaineering to others is the spirit of adventure, quest and the sense of achievement because they feel climbing Everest is prestigious although they don’t think about all the dangers that can affect their dreadful journey.

Should people really climb Mount Everest? Over the past two decades, it has become easier to climb to the summit, at least it is more accessible. It has also become garbage dump with human excrement, bodies, and garbage littering the trail. There are about 35,000 visitors to Mount Everest every year and the crowding puts people at risk. One important thing is to train climbers to have the necessary experience. Without that, the hidden dangers go unnoticed and the fact that at some point, it is imperative that they head back won’t be known.

Top of the Everest -In the story of the top of the everest we can see that this story includes many risks but someones are support the high temperatures something very difficult to do because be -6 grades is so cold and another risk is that they could die from thirsty, hipotermia and foodless but they could survive all these risks for do they objective climb the mount everest. In the story of the top of the Everest we can see that this story includes many risks but all of this have a reason of why they do all of this like support high temperatures the reason is climb the Mount Everest and the same with the risk of support long,long,long streets between a camp with another camp because they have to sleep to be with energy when climb

Why does everyone want to climb the humongous Mt. Everest. Mount Everest is a tourist attraction as it is the largest mountain in the world and beholds a rigorous climbing expedition. Climbing this mountain can be a great feat to overcome as it gives various benefits to individuals, but it also can present many risk factors and downfalls. Humans liberally should be allowed to climb the vast Mt. Everest as it brings revenue into countries, helps people achieve their bold desires, and assists in finding discoveries and improvements on the mountain. With the numerous humans climbing Mt. Everest, expansive income is brought into Tibet and Nepal.

One very off-putting factor for climbing Mount Everest is the climb itself. This is because of all of the risks taken when doing so. All of the risks are very extreme and most can actually lead to death as many that have attempted making the treacherous journey up the mountain have not made it back down safely. This factor can become stuck in many people’s heads and change their minds about making the journey up this beautiful mountain completely. Although several see the travel up the mountain as dangerous and unpleasant, many also see it as the best part of the whole trip. This makes perfect sense seeing as during this climb you can experience some of the most beautiful scenery anyone would ever have the chance to see in their entire lives. The climb has been said to be beautiful and well worth all of the hardship of injury and pain. Overall the climb up the mountain can be seen as the whole reason not to climb Mount Everest or the very reason to do so, but either way the sights you can see are magnificent, or are they?

On May 10, 1996 six people died trying to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. These people were parts of two expeditions that were in the Himalayas, preparing to ascend the summit for six weeks. The first group was under the direction of Rob Hall, who had put 39 paying clients on the summit in five years. Hall was considered the leader of the mountain and the man to see no matter what the discrepancy. Group two, headed by Fisher, who like Hall, was trying to start a profitable business in providing the experience of climbing Mt. Everest to all for the price of 60 to 70 thousand dollars. Unfortunatly, neither man would live to tell the tale of this expedition.

On mt Everest garbage comes in all shapes and sizes. There are oxygen canisters ,leftover tents, metals, human waste and even body's and more.There are even coffee makers and other devices to watch movies on Everest.In the earlier years it wasnt much a problem but now mt.Everest is more of a tourist atraction then the highest piont on earth.

In Conclusion, Mount Everest should be only for government and scientific use. This should be a law or a responsibility because of the amount of money that goes into making a climb like that, and the risk the citizens make to climb that Mount Everest. Let's stand together to save people's life from there silly mistakes of wanting to climb Mount Everest. Make the mountain just for government, scientific use and a pace for tourist to go and look at. Don’t be silly, save the mountain for

Not only climbing Mount Everest can affect the climber, environment, but it can affect the local population of Nepal. According to the textbook Geography Alive! Regions and People it says on page 422 “ Porters are sometimes overworked and they are mistreated.” It is clearly testified that not everyone is nice to the porters, when they are only trying to help the climber climb safe to the summit. Another evidence, on page 216 from the book Peak, where it says “I had seen a dead person, let alone a frozen dead person.” Peak has testified that he saw a corpse just laying down face down on the cold snow on camp 4. This was new to him because he was not expecting this new thing for him. Concluding with this, climbing Mount Everest is not the best