I Am An Everett Is Not An Everest

     People have different views of the meaning of success. There are many different aspect when is comes to success. You can be successful on a monetary basis; you can also

The definition of success is in the eye of the beholder. More than three-fourths of your life is spent working to become successful. People are told during childhood to work as hard as they can so they can grow up and make lots of money. But the word success can be taken in many different ways. Everyone has a different understanding of what success means to them. Generally, success means fulfilling the goals that you set for yourself. For some, success is measured by popularity and riches; for others success is determined by the amount of happiness that they feel.

My grandfather, J. King Burk, is a man of very few words, but if you get to know him you will come to find that he has been through a lot in his lifetime. My brother and I have a connection with him that most grandchildren don’t have with their grandparents because he was with us when our parents separated. He understands how difficult it is to be raised by one parent, he helped raise my brother and I, and I go to him when I’m making important decisions.

One would think that after reaching the summit of Mount Everest that you would sit at the top and admire the view with feelings of accomplishment and pride washing over you. While the truth of the matter is that climbers are often too exhausted to feel anything. When you get to the top there is also little time that can be spent enjoying the scenery because climbers have little spare time before they must climb back down the treacherous mountain.

As a child, my father taught my siblings and I lessons that had been passed down from generation to generation. It is important for us to always remember the person who lost everything in their life, just for us to succeed in the future. In my case, that’s my father. He went through so much so that I can get to where I am now, a senior about to graduate high school. My father started out with nothing when he was a child and now he’s an owner of 4 coffee farms in Nicaragua and I’m a proud daughter.

How does one achieve success? Is it all out of hard work and determination, or just sheer luck? To answer that question, all kinds of scenarios must be taken into consideration. What one person sees as success could be seen as insignificant to someone else. Everyone has a different definition of success because everyone has different goals in life. These goals can range from something as simple as being able to cook for yourself to being filthy rich, and the difficulty of reaching them vary depending on where you live and how you were raised.

Success is a multifarious term which varies from person to person; to me success is improving oneself each day. Bob Dylan remarked that “a man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” I disagree with his definition of success. What a person wants to do each day can be self-destructive and unhealthy, but there are also things people do not want to do which aide in self-improvement.

My great-grandfather's sense of service was like nothing I had ever seen before. He had a flagpole in his front yard and he always wore his WWII service hat. I was only four years old when he passed away, but I still remember the stories he told. My great-grandfather instilled in my brother and I, a great sense of pride for our country.

When comparing Everest to McKinley there is a big difference. With Everest being the tallest at 29,035 feet and McKinley being 20,320 feet. Although Everest is the tallest and most difficult mountain to climb due to “extremely bad weather” McKinley is also difficult to climb due to poor weather also. McKinley is located in the US, Everest on the other hand is located in China. Although the weather is bad people still decide to put their life at risk to enjoy the beauty at the top of everest. I believe the reason being is they want to accomplish something that no one else can really accomplish. One mountain that i would want to accomplish climbing is Carstensz because it's not as tall as the other six summits i think it will still have a pretty

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.

("Ain't no mountain high enough"). Now, just think the highest place on the earth is still growing! That is just bizarre, but in some cases, mountians can shrink also. The earth is changing each day not just Mount Everest; there are many cases just things are changing. The mountain was climbed by many people. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to climb Mount Everest. With these huge accomplishments, there is also failure. One sad part in history, two hundred people have had their lives taken from them while climbing the mountain ( The Washington Post). Only six hundred, and sixty people have successfully climbed the mountain out of four thousand people. Tibetans and Sherpas call Mount Everest, which means Mother Goddess of the Earth. Overall, mountain is an amazing part of history. The people who have died

It was an early morning in May of 1966, my adventure began with an early morning flight. The sun was rising over the fields and it set colors of a red and pink that deepened into the sky.  I drove through the abandoned state road thinking about the people I’m leaving behind, and the people I’m about to start a new adventure with. Leaving behind my small town of corn fields and tractors, which for the last sixteen months I haven 't spent a lot of time in. I have spent my time trekking through the mountains of the Western United States, training and preparing to climb Mt. Everest. Yes, Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. I have climbed Denali the largest peak in North America, and Mt. Elbrus the largest peak in Europe, and now I

My grandfather was like a loving parent, a teacher, and a unique role model who I look up to even today, after his death. During my years in Detroit, a city in Michigan, one of my fondest memories of my grandfather was taking me to ride the bus, taking a different route every day. We would always walk to the main bus station around the corner, choose a random red and white bus to get on, and ride to the end of the line and back. At every stop on the way, he would explain to me where the place was and its significance. Occasionally, we would pay a visit to some of the more important stops, such as the city zoo, and "explore" the area as if we were on an adventure.

The first ascend to climb the mountain was May 29, 1953. The two people who attempted Mt.Everest and successfully reached the summit are: Edmund Hillary, and Tenzing Norgay. Edmund lived from 1919-2008, he grew up in New Zealand, and eventually starting participating in rock climbing at the age of 16. Him and Tenzing reached the summit of the mountain. After that he took on exploring the south pole, and he reached the top of a mountain there as well. He was a very influential person, and was named “New Zealand's Most Trusted Individual.” Tenzing Norgay, was Edmund’s partner to climb the mountain. He lived from 1914-1986. At an early age he liked mountain climbing and aspired to climb the world's tallest mountain when he grew up. His first attempt to climb the mountain was when he was 19 years old. He had numerous failed attempts, and his first successful one was with Edmund on may 29, 1953. He had 7 children and one of his grand children, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, a disney channel star. I guess the talented blood runs in the family. ;)

There have been many inspirational people in my life that I’ve come across. One who was a particular inspiration was my grandfather. He married my grandmother when I was at the age of five and had accepted all of her grandchildren from her previous marriage as his own grandchildren. With my mother and I only living a mile down the road from their farmhouse out in the country, I’d spent a lot of time there as a child. Indeed, I had been without a father but my grandfather stepped up to the plate and had taken me under his wing and played the role of a father figure.