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Jordan Romero Research Paper

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Jordan Romero, a world record holder, became the youngest person to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 2017. The majority of people in the intelligent community say that Jordan’s attempt should not have been done. They say he is not physically or emotionally capable of climbing the mountain. Although, nevertheless, there are always the few that refuse to believe the truth. They claim that he is strong enough to make the climb it because he’s been training a long time. Most critics argue that these are alternative facts. In the latest article of Frost Bites, Hue Smooka Weedman, a very Mendacious character claims, “If Jordan Romero believes that he can do it, he can. Recents studies by Scientific American shows that if somebody believes with all …show more content…

Let’s face the facts, Jordan’ attempt should not have all been done. His physical strength obviously wasn’t up to par, it’s blatantly obvious that he put most of his pack and trust in his Sherpa. Additionally, should a team member, friend, or family member die on the mountain, this would permanently scar him emotionally. Furthermore, his mental state while climbing the mountain would slow to halt, making his judgement on decisions impaired. With your life on the line, impaired judgement is a fatal flaw, but is it one Jordan should be allowed to …show more content…

Previously, illegal summiting has been a minor slap on the wrist of 22,000 dollars, considering a pass is about 70,000 dollars, something must be done. It is in the world’s best interest to eliminate the fine for illegal summiting, and instead replace it with several months of misdemeanor imprisonment, and if you summit illegally via underage, the consequence should be one year violent felony imprisonment. Pleading guilty to charges should result in a one month infraction imprisonment, an if underage, six months non-violent felony imprisonment. The countries of Nepal and China should, of course, both have the same legal age limit of 18, to prevent people from being unethical and going to the side with the least strict boundaries. If this is done, the number of unfit and illegal climber’s would steadily decline, thus reducing risk on the mountain. As you can see, the article Frost Bites, has some factual discrepancies that should have been

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