Impact Of Mountaineering On Everest

Mt. Everest’s summit has always seemed an unattainable goal for most people. The idea that most people have is that if I can climb Mt Everest, I can accomplish anything. To have the money and desire to try to attempt it is one thing, but being able to endure the punishment is quite another. Beck Weathers, one of the climbers on this particular expedition, had such severe frostbite that he had to have his right arm, nose and the fingers on his left hand amputated. Everyone on the expedition suffered the rigors of Everest. The two expert guides, Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, lost their lives due to a violent storm that ripped through during their descent from the summit. Their impaired judgment also contributed to their demise. Everest is no respecter of persons. Mt Everest is the most respected mountain in the whole world and if

“Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed” (14)

Nepalese authorities say that the number of visitors to Sagarmatha National Park, where Everest lies, has roughly tripled in the past 20 years. With the increasing number of tourists comes a growing amount of rubbish left behind on mountains: food wrappers, climbing gear, oxygen cylinders, and even the bodies of climbers who died along the way. The frigid temperatures mean trash does not biodegrade.

Rob Hall, a full-time professional climber who climbed Everest four times, was the main director of the Everest climbing service that led Krakauer and a victim of the events of May 1996 (34, 181). Mike Groom, a guide and survivor. Andy Harris, a guide and a victim to Mount Everest. Doug Hansen, a client that was with Hall the day the storm hit. Beck Weathers, a doctor with an appetite for climbing mountains also a survivor. Stuart Hutchinson, a client that had to step in as leader when Hall and the others got stranded on the mountain. Ang Dorje Sherpa, a helper that had refused to fix the ropes for the climbers (187). Jon Krakauer an eager mountain-climber also the narrator and author of the book. Yasuko Namba, group member that got lost on the way down the mountain and unfortunately is left for dead (223). The last person I included, Makalu Gau Ming-Ho was not from this same expedition group but I included him because he had been abandon by his Sherpa and had been rescued by members of Hall and Fischer’s team, he was the leader of the Taiwanese climbing group

Every year, hundreds of climbers try to scale the 29,000 peak, and this huge overload of climbers has left the slopes covered in garbage, thrown out equipment, and human waste. A report by Grinnell College estimated there are 12 tons of feces left on the mountain every year, buried in the snow or near the peak. About 50 tons of garbage lying around on Everest involving from oxygen containers to food wrappers, along with the more than 200 climbers who died attempting to reach the summit. The Nepali government has ordered each climber to bring back at least a certain amount of trash or lose their deposit. Although there are questions about how well this rule is enforced, but it seems the experts are now finding less trash to bring back. But it does not forgive the fact that it had to get this far to start cleaning up the trash. The government should have made the rule from the beginning. There’s no knowing how much more garbage is left or what’s under the ice. There are too many people up there who does not know what that can do with Mount Everest.

The text stated that “Keeping the mountain clean isn't always a risk-free pursuit, thought. Climbers face strong winds, bitter cold, steep drops, and altitude sickness on Everest. As a result, eco-mountaineers are at risk of injury or even death. In 2012, several climbers participating in an Eco Everest Expedition perished on the mountain during an especially deadly season,” (A Mountain of Garbage, Paragraph 4). This quote demonstrates that people leave trash behind so these climbers participating in these expedition clean up for them.

This novel takes you from the base of Everest to the summit and then back down again. Each camp and elevation brings new people and challenges. Jon Krakauer is a journalist recruited to write an article about the commercialisation of Everest, little did he know that the weeks that followed would haunt him forever. Even with experienced guides, Sherpas and climbers an unexpected and violent storm turns a smooth expedition into a chaotic disaster.

Making the journey takes approximately six to nine weeks. As you can imagine, those on that climb will have to relieve themselves at some point and the average person moves their bowels once every day or every other day. Over the years, the excrement piles up. While the snow usually buries it, poop is a pollutant threatening the spread of disease.

Multiple oversights occurred on the 1996 expedition to Everest, both due to human error and natural causes. When asked to write an article about Everest, excited Krakauer sees this as an opportunity to fulfill his long lifelong dream to climb the mountain. Though all does not go as planned. For instance, at the summit, Harris turns Krakauer’s oxygen tank to full flow instead of turning it off like the journalist had requested (10). Later, an undesired storm strikes and wounds and takes the lives many of the climbers(). A small number survived and Krakauer was thrilled as he was overjoyed nothing went even worse. Indicating when Krakauer went through the hazardous perils of human life he learned to respect it more. As he then to focused on

Sherpas migrated from Tibet over to the Nepalese side of the mountain. Closing Mount Everest for climbing would cause The Sherpa’s socioeconomic system to crash because without money a society may not function. It is insane to destroy a culture that has strived immensely over the past ten years. Overall, It is simply common sense not to destroy any culture because the Sherpas are people

Many people question whether or not the perils of mountaineering or extreme mountain climbing, such as climbing Mount Everest, outweigh the benefits. Mount Everest enthusiast have recently been debating whether or not the negatives of mountaineering outweigh the positives. If they decide the negatives are greater than the benefits, they may close Mount Everest from the public to be able to make a more informed decision, and if they decide the negatives aren’t greater than the positives, then they will keep Mount Everest open. In my point of view, the negatives of mountaineering outweigh the positives or negatives for reasons that include, cost, death, and religious importance.

Many climbers climb Mt.Everest every year, they leave their garbage on the mountain since it’s “easier” or “wastes less energy” to just leave it at camp. For example, corpses, tents, sleeping bags, oxygen cylinders, are just the usual things found. Rookie climbers have even brought up coffee makers and supplies to watch movies. People also leave their feces on the mountain since there are no bathrooms either.

It was late night winter of 1937 in a sub-freezing temperature in the Everest where there were piles of snow everywhere. Group of European tourist were hiking up the Everest. As they hike up the temperature started to drop dramatically, in middle of nowhere the hikers encounter a guy who was selling hot tea and coffee. The seller offers a hot coffee to the foreigners because they looked like they were freezing to death and asked them if they would like to stay over his hotel overnight, so they could be bit warm. Few weeks later tour guides of the Mount Everest found six dead body piled up in the snow in the freezing temperature of the Everest. We can see same thing happened on “the cask of Amontillado” where Fortunato got killed by his own friend and his

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.

Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the world, and because of that attracts many climbers to try and climb all 29,029 feet of it, but think about all the trash they leave behind while climbing. In 2013 4,000 people have reached Everest’s summit, with many more attempting to. Mount Everest has a natural beauty, one that should be preserved, and people climbing the mountain and leaving their garbage on it is ruining it. Climbers have a negative impact on Mount Everest, and while journeying to the top, they are slowly destroying the mountain.